On 9/2/2012 8:31 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 01/09/2012 12:11 PM, z z wrote:
>> What do you know about puff pastry? Do you buy it? Do you make it
>> yourself? How often in a year do you use it?
>>
>> Expensive item-Aldi's once around Christmas time sold an off brand very
>> cheap. Buy up and freeze when you can get a good price.
>>
>> Usually I simply (lazily) slice it into small rectangles, spread with
>> lemon curd, and bake.
>>
>> Have you ever seen those 3inch high pastry pillows? Do they call them
>> Neopolitans? I am guessing they stacked multiple layers of sheets
>> together before baking?
>>
>> I have a love for cream horns. You know, every grocery store sells them
>> in a plastic wrapped package of 4 filled with a godawful Twinkie filling
>> :-)
>>
> I have posted before about pattie shells, which seem not to be available
> in the US, but they are rounds of puff pastry with the tops cut out. We
> can get them frozen and bake them to be served hot out of the oven.
> They are great with creamed salmon or chicken. Any leftovers can be
> filled with ice cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce or a fruit
> topping.
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I've bought them here for some dish I made for a holiday. Can't
remember details, but I know we have them.