Popular Puff Pastry Desserts
There are several puff pastry desserts that have become popular. Some are French desserts while most are other more common and easy to make desserts. You can try these desserts making your puff pastry from scratch or buying already made puff pastry from a grocery store.
Lemon Meringue Tarts
Lemon meringue tarts are one of the many varieties of tarts that can be made using puff pastry. These tarts are light and airy and when well made, are delicious to eat. For lemon meringue tarts, these mostly consist of puff pastry shells filled with lemon. They are easy to make and do not take a lot of time to prepare and to bake. If you are searching for a quick and easy puff pastry dessert to whip up, lemon meringue tarts offer a great solution.
Croissants
Croissants are a hugely popular French puff pastry dessert, made in the shape of a crescent. They are found in almost all French cafes and are great as dessert at breakfast. A croissant and a cup of coffee make for a wonderfully delightful way to start the day, whether you are in France or elsewhere in the world.
Tarte Tartin
This is also a French puff pastry desert that is basically caramelized apple pie baked upside down. It is made with puff pastry and is a really delicious dessert. The use of caramelized apples to bake the pie gives it a unique taste that is awe-inspiring. It is only beginning to become popular in the US, so you would be offering a treat if you decide to make it.
French Napoleons
Once again, this is another French dessert made with puff pastry. French Napoleons are also known as mille-feuilles, or thousand leaves. This dessert is made with several layers of puff pastry and filled with pastry cream. Or at least, that is the traditional filling, these days Napoleons are filled with whatever inspires the pastry chef and all sorts of fillings are used including fruit preserves. There are pastry chefs that make use of custard or chocolate as fillings for mille-feuilles, it all depends on the whim or creative urges of the person making this puff pastry desert.
The beauty of puff pastry is that it is not only used in dessert making but also in savory dishes and can add a whole different flavor and texture to your foods. Puff pastry desserts offer a quick and creative way to make desserts and the puff pastry can be frozen and used when needed.