Five Easy Puff Pastry Recipes for Kids

• 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 

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 

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 

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

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