Originally from the Maghreb, pastry sheets lend themselves to both savory and sweet recipes.
From starter to dessert, they bring a deliciously crispy and light note.
It is even possible to make homemade bricks.
But what can you do with pastry sheets?
Starter, main course, dessert... Here are some ideas!
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What to do with pastry sheets as a starter?
If you want to put originality, crispness and lightness in your starters, then the pastry sheet is perfect.
Why not try this recipe for tuna tartar millefeuille with brick pastry sheets, in which the bluefin tuna is marinated in lemon with coriander, sesame seeds and pine nuts?
To stay in seafood, it is possible to make shrimp samosas from pastry sheets folded in the shape of triangles.
The body of the prawns is cooked, placed in the center of the pastry sheet and decorated with a sauce made from peeled tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, basil and a few drops of tabasco.
Then the pastry sheet is folded like a samosa and fried in olive oil.
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Cook the pastry sheets as a main course
The brick pastry goes very well with fish, as in this easy recipe for cod bricks with dill.
For this dish, we use cod pieces marinated in olive oil and lemon juice, which are placed in the center of the pastry sheet, garnished with cherry tomatoes, before closing the pastry sheet in chaplaincy.
For meat lovers, lamb in brick is a delicious recipe and very easy to make.
Composed of lamb, Bulgarian yogurts, coriander, sesame, it brings a nice oriental note to the dish.
For hot summer days, the recipe for crispy peppers and mozzarella with arugula is quick, easy and very refreshing.
Brick sheets are cut into triangles, triangles anointed with oil and browned in the oven.
Then these triangles are topped with diced mozzarella as well as peppers, diced and previously pan-fried with garlic in olive oil.
Finally, to make the guests travel with delicious spices, this recipe for samosas with peas, kale and chickpeas, spicy tomato sauce is also perfect.
What to do with pastry sheets for dessert?
Brick sheets are not only available as starters or savory dishes.
They can be garnished with a sweet preparation and make a delicious dessert.
This is the case with this recipe for crispy apples/pears in which the pastry sheets are used as a pie base on three superimposed layers, thus changing from the traditional shortcrust pastry or puff pastry.
Another variation: a crunchy grapefruit millefeuille with grapefruit supremes and a mascarpone-based cream, inserted on several levels of pastry sheets.
If it's raspberry season, this millefeuille can be made with whipped cream and these tangy red fruits.
Finally, chocolate lovers will not be able to resist this raspberry chocolate pastilla made with brick pastry sheets, dark chocolate ganache, raspberries and cottage cheese sorbet.
Gourmands will also appreciate this easy-to-make and tasty recipe: almond and honey pastry sheets.
For this, we make a paste from ground almonds, orange blossom, orange zest and egg, which we roll into small balls.
Then we place these balls of scented dough in the center of the sheets of brick, which we fold like samosas, before frying them in oil.
Finally, we make a syrup of sugar and hot honey in which we dip the brick triangles.
Note that it is possible to make homemade brick sheets.
Indeed, the ingredients are few and the recipe simple.
To make brick sheets yourself, all you need is white flour, fine semolina, water and salt.