Five Easy Puff Pastry Recipes for Kids

Five Easy Puff Pastry Recipes for Kids

Jun 15, 2023Celeidh Cook

When you’re looking for a quick and easy meal for your little one, pastry can seem intimidating. We feel like, as busy parents, we’re allowed to cheat a little. Pre-rolled puff pastry is surprisingly simple to cook with, and can be used to make some truly delicious meals for you and your little ones.

Check out our five super-easy puff pastry recipes you can have a go at making for your kids:

1. Cheesy spinach puffs
2. Vegetable stuffed triangles
3. Mushroom pouches
4. Puff pizzas
5. Cheese and marmite puff twists

 

Cheesy Spinach Puffs on silicone plate

Cheesy Spinach Puffs

Course: Lunch, Dinner 
Cuisine: Kids 
Difficulty: Easy 

 

Servings
12
puffs
Prep Time
30
Minutes 

 

Ingredients

 

  • 120g spinach (cooked)

  • 80g feta

  • 1 tbsp garlic granules

  • 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry

  • 1 egg

 

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 200C and grease a muffin tray

  • Finely chop the spinach and mix with feta and garlic until fully combined oes for 8 minutes at 200°C

  • Unroll your pastry and cut into twelve small squares, then place them in the muffin tray

  • Fill each square with about 1tbsp of the cheesy spinach mix

  • Lightly pinch the sides of the pastry around the filling, then lightly brush any exposed pastry with egg wash

  • Bake at 200C for 15-18 minutes or until golden brown

 

Vegetable Stuff Triangles

 

Vegetable Stuff Triangles 

Course: Lunch, Dinner 
Cuisine: Kids
Difficulty: Easy 

 

Servings 
4
Triangles
Cooking Time
20 
minutes


Ingredients

  • 1 onion (diced)
  • 1 tsp ginger paste
  • 1 tsp garlic paste
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1 potato (diced)
  • 1 carrot (diced)
  • 50g peas
  • 1 tbsp ground cumin
  • 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil 

 

Instructions

  • Fry the onions in a little bit of oil, then add the ginger and garlic pastes

  • Add potatoes and carrots and fry until almost fully cooked, then add peas, cumin

    and turmeric

  • Fry over a high heat, stirring regularly, until fully cooked and combined, then remove from the heat and set aside

  • The previous steps can be prepared in advance. When you're ready to cook, preheat the oven to 200C

  • Roll out the pastry and cut into large squares

  • Spoon a tablespoon of the vegetable mixture onto each pastry square, forming a

    triangle shape on one half of the pastry

  • Egg wash the surrounding pastry and fold into a triangle, using the end of a fork to seal the edges

  • Bake at 200C for 12-15 minutes or until golden brown

 

Mushroom Pouches

 

Mushroom Pouches 

Course: Lunch, Dinner 

Cuisine: Kids 

Difficulty: Easy 

 

Servings 
6
Mushroom Pouches 
Cooking Time 
15
minutes 

 

Ingredients 

 

  • 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry
  • 2 onions (chopped)
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 1⁄4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp dark brown sugar
  • 226g mushrooms (thinly sliced)
  • 2 garlic cloves (pressed)
  • 1 egg

 
Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 200C
  • Cook the onions in a little oil over a medium heat until golden, then stir in brownsugar, salt and mushrooms
  • Cook together until the mushrooms are caramelized, then stir in the garlic
  • Take the mushroom mixture off of the heat and set aside
  • Roll out the pastry and cut into 6 large squares, then place the squares into a large, greased muffin tray
  • Fill each pastry with the mushroom mixture then fold the pastry over the top, pinch together and brush with egg wash
  • Bake at 200C for 18-20 minutes, or until golden brown
 
Puff Pizzas  

Puff Pizzas 

Course: Lunch, Dinner
Cuisine: Kids
Difficulty: Easy
Servings
6
servings
Cooking Time
20
minutes 

Ingredients

  • 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry
  • 8 sliced cherry tomatoes
  • 3 basil leaves (chopped)
  • 100g mozzarella (diced)
  • 50g parmesan 
 


Instructions 


  • Preheat the oven to 200C
  • Roll out the pastry and cut into 6 large squares
  • Grease a baking tray and lay the squares flat
  • Sprinkle a mix of mozzarella and parmesan over each square
  • Add a few slices of cherry tomatoes and chopped basil leaves to each square
  • Brush the edges of the pastry with egg wash, then bake at 200C for 18-20 minutes until golden brown
 
Cheese and marmite puff twists

Cheese and Marmite Puff Twists 

Course: Lunch, Dinner 
Cuisine: Kids 
Difficulty: Easy 
Servings
6
Twists
Cooking Time
20 
minutes  


Ingredients 

  • 50g mozzarella
  • 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry
  • 2 tsp Marmite 

Instructions


  • Preheat the oven to 200C
  • Roll out the puff pastry and cut into two large squares
  • On one square of pastry, spread a thin layer of marmite and sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top
  • Cover with another square of pastry and slice into six thin strips 
  • Carefully Twist each strip into a twirl shape and egg wash the pastry 
  • Bake at 200C for 15 minutes or until golden brown
For more recipes and ideas for little ones, subscribe to the eco rascals YouTube channel and browse our weaning recipes on the eco rascals website.

 

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