| | |  | Culinary Books | Home » » Puff Pastry Perfection: More Than 175 Recipes for Appetizers, Entrees and Sweets Made with Refrigerated Puff Pastry Dough | | | | | | | Description: | | Puff Pastry Perfection is more than just another collection of baked goods. It is a burst of extraordinary flavors that surprise and delight, along with foolproof instructions to make home cooks into baking heroes. Puff pastry is the royalty of pastries—crisp, flaky, and especially light, it literally rises to any occasion. And although preparing homemade puff pastry is a labor-intensive process, Puff Pastry Perfection shows that a package of frozen puff pastry sheets makes the magnificence of puff pastry accessible to home cooks everywhere. Oh, the enchanting creations that await! Frozen puff pastry can be used to quickly and easily render classics such as napoleons, cream puffs, strudels, turnovers, palmiers, mille-feuille, and French tarts. It can be twisted into appetizer sticks, cut into tartlet shapes, used as a quick pie or quiche crust, folded over savory appetizer fillings, molded over casserole fillings to create one-step pot pie "lids," or rolled and slice into elegant, but oh-so-easy cookies. The result? How about portobello napoleons, wasabi shrimp puffs, dried cherry and almond baked brie, or spicy cumin cheese straws for starters? For supper consider chile relleno quiche, puff pastry po' boys, pizza bianco with prosciutto, arugula and parmesan or chipotle and cheese beef pot pie. Next, the sweets: miniatures such as ginger-lime sugar twists, southern pecan crisps, fresh mango napoleons, and puff pastry cinnamon rolls, all perfect for teatime or an anytime nibble. And finally the grand desserts: from lemon-blackberry cobbler to chocolate-walnut strudel to caramel apple dumplings, there's a sweet treat for every taste and occasion. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Camilla V. Saulsbury | | Paperback:
| 240 pages | | Publisher:
| Cumberland House Publishing | | Publication Date:
| November 01, 2006 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1581825420 | | Product Length:
| 8.86 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.2 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.73 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.91 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 14 reviews |
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37 of 38 found the following review helpful:
 Superb recipes/ great collectionDec 20, 2006
By The Enthusiastic Baker
This is a wonderful cookbook. I have already used it for multiple hoilday occasions and plan to use it throughout the year. The history of puff pastry at the beginning is fascinating and the recipes are outstanding. A SMART cookbook, one I will reach for again and again for all kinds of entertaining because the recipes are so diverse, perfectly written and quite easy. Here is what I have made so far with great success:
*Blue cheese & Fig puffs (so good and so easy--made me look like a professional caterer. They use fig jam)
*Petite Pissaladières
*Brandied Pear Tarts (these were exquisite, and, again, so easy. Really beautiful too)
*Chocolate Macadamia Strudel (holy moly. I don't think there was a single crumb left)
*Double Ginger Sugar Twists (These may be my new favorite cookies. I love ginger and these were incredibly simple, only 5 ingredients)
For the record, I think it is ridiculous to give a low rating for a cookbook based SOLELY on the presence or absence of pictures. I've seen that for several cookbooks on Amazon, as well as trivial comments about the cover, etc.. FYI: As someone who once worked in the publishing industry, I know that authors have about zero control over such design aspects of books (unless you are a superstar author). It is largely a matter of the alotted budget set out by the publisher.
22 of 22 found the following review helpful:
Great lessons for puff pastryDec 21, 2006
By Cynthia Kimm
I bought this book with the hope of learning more about working with puff pastry in general. Every time I tried to use it, I seemed to end up with tough, flat-ish results.
The author provides an excellent how-to section at the front that I have used for recipes in the book as well as recipes that I already have. For example, I followed the advice of keeping a baggie full of ice water nearby now to keep my hands from getting too warm as I am working with the dough. I also used to have trouble rolling out the dough; learned that I was probably not defrosting it long enough, now it's a breeze. I am very pleased.
I've only made some really simple things so far, to work on technique (sweet and savory twists, puff pastry topped mushroom soup, and some easy rolled up cookies), but they were all yummy and the directions were very easy to follow. I am going to try some the mango napoleons for New Year's Eve.
The Pepperidge farm kind of puff pastry is good, but if it's a special occasion, try the dufour all-butter kind. I tried it with a batch of Parmesan twists from the book and they were so good, it was worth the splurge.
23 of 27 found the following review helpful:
One Look At The Cover ...Nov 20, 2006
By TheSuiteQueen
One look at the cover ... and you just know that you have something wonderful in store for you!!! And once you turn the page ... the perfection of puff pastry awaits you!!! But not just the perfection ... the simplicty ... because these recipes call for 'frozen' puff pastry ... it doesn't get much better!!! Between the appetizers, entrees and sweets ... I feel like I've died and gone to puff pastry heaven!!!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Perfect Ways to Use Puff PastryOct 19, 2009
By Lemon-Ginger Jenn
I have had my copy of Puff Pastry Perfection for about 2 years now, and am finally getting around to reviewing it.
I got my copy as a gift and wasn't really familiar with puff pastry. Now? I use it all the time. This is a gem of a cookbook, one I really use. I have made the puff pastry pizzas more time than I can count, and use the cookie ideas for last minute cookie trays at Christmas and year-round.
As for the photos (the lack of which has bothered other reviewers here): I guess I have two categories for cookbooks. I love a gorgeous coffee table cookbook, for dreaming and perusing. I want such books to have the very best photos and styling throughout. But then there are my go-to books, the ones I use all the time to really cook and bake from. This book falls into the latter category. Would I have liked some photos included? Sure. Does it make a difference towards how much I use and love the recipe here? Not a bit.
In terms of usability, writing, and fabulous recipes, this really is perfection.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Terrrific for the holidays and beyondDec 09, 2010
By Carol Werlin
Simply a wonderful book; I bought it used several years ago, but would gladly pay full price for it had I known how much I'd end up using it. I make the simple puff pastry cookies every year to great acclaim, and have made countless appetizer recipes, too. Delicious and easy!
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