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9 Hearty Puff Pastry Recipes That Are Both Simple and Spectacular

A golden-brown baked dish topped with crispy bacon sits on a white plate, garnished with herbs.

If you’re looking to fancy up your weeknight meals, all you need to do is grab some puff pastry. With this versatile ingredient you can make 9 delicious recipes sure to wow your family.

Puff pastry might seem like a difficult ingredient to work with, but these recipes show you how simple it can be. Just wrap it around some cheese and meat and voila! You have a perfectly fancy meal.

These 9 recipes are a great jumping-off point to add variety to your stable of recipes. I’m particularly fond of their version of Chicken Cordon-Bleu, which wraps stuffed chicken roulades in puff pastry instead of breading them.