Spinach and cheese puff pastry cups are filled with a savory dip and baked to flaky perfection. Great appetizer for parties and game day.

In this collection, we've pulled together store-bought puff pastry recipes that put this essential to clever use, from breakfast options and snacks to lunches, dinners, and, yes, desserts.

Recipe: Individual puff pastry shells, filled with pastry cream and topped with strawberries, make you look like a pro By Lisa Zwirn Globe Correspondent, Updated June 18, 2024, 12:15 p.m.

Quick puff pastry is very similar to a cut-in dough recipe. Think pie crust. Combine cold ingredients -- butter, flours, ice water -- and work the ingredients just to form a crumbly mass.

I tend to consider myself pastry-impaired. But if I can do it, so can you. Use the recipe provided to make the following appetizers: CHEESE-FILLED PUFF PASTRY CUPS Heat the oven to 400 degrees.

1 (14-ounce) sheet frozen puff pastry (preferably all-butter), thawed 2 cups cherry or grape tomatoes 1 cup pitted Kalamata olives 6 to 12 anchovies, drained and chopped, or 1 tablespoon drained ...

Make any appetizer more elegant with this 'rough puff' pastry recipe Homemade or store-bought puff pastry can be made into palmiers, tapenade pinwheels or goat cheese squares.

Rough puff is for filled pastries. The butter is integrated into the detrempe in a random way, allowing for an easier, less time-consuming process than classic puff pastry.