This Middle Eastern ready-made Puff Pastry dough is filled with salty feta cheese and fresh dill and as a result, it is so yummy! Although this recipe is fast, simple, and easy, it’s perfect to make especially for your parties! Additionally, these Buttery Cheese Puff Pastry Boreks are made with a variety of different fillings including meat, spinach, cheese, eggplant, and even mushrooms. Lastly, rather than having store-bought dough, you can try our crispy flakey pie-like crust dough made from scratch – click here to learn how to make our crispy, flakey homemade borek dough. Now it’s time to try this Buttery Cheese Puff Pastry – How To Make This Borek!
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These cheesy puff pastry bites are an easy and amazing appetizer for any type of holiday! You could make these delicious hot pockets for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, and Easter and I can keep going!
Because I love sweets like my Nutella Puffs and Blueberry Danish, it’s time for savory flavors! These savory cheese puff pastry pockets are so easy to make and all you have to do is place your cheese into the dough and fold over and bake! These hot pockets of cheese galore will be in your mouth in just 35 minutes.
You can stuff these puff pastry hot pocket bites with anything you like, for example, you can stuff them with spinach, meat, ham and cheese, vegetables, and the list goes on!
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IN THIS POST: STEPS TO MAKE THIS BUTTERY CHEESE PUFF PASTRY
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- WHAT EXACTLY IS CHEESE PUFF PASTRY?
- HELPFUL TIPS AND TRIPS TO MAKE THESE BUTTERY CHEESE PUFF PASTRY BOREKS THE BEST!
- 🍴INGREDIENTS LIST
- STEPS TO MAKE THE PERFECT BUTTERY CHEESE PUFF PASTRY BOREK
- JUMP TO RECIPE CARD
- FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: BUTTERY CHEESE PUFF PASTRY BOREK
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WHAT EXACTLY IS CHEESE PUFF PASTRY?
Did you know in the French language, puff pastry is also known as Pâte Feuilletée or feuilletage? It is a very delicate and buttery dough that consists of many thin layers of buttery goodness. This is what gives puff pastry its light, crispy, and flaky texture upon baking.
Flavor: Buttery layered dough filled with semi-salty feta cheese or you can sprinkle a tiny bit of sugar over to make it slightly sweet (optional)
Texture: These Cheese Puff Pastries are simply just a GALORE of CHEESE GOODNESS in a flaky, buttery soft pastry!
Time: These cheesy bites are super fast and easy to make! They only take 15 minutes to prep and 15 minutes to bake!
HELPFUL TIPS AND TRICKS TO MAKE THESE BUTTERY CHEESE PUFF PASTRY BOREKS!
- Make sure your Puff Pastry is nice and Chilled when handling and this will allow them to rise before placing them into the oven to bake. The longer the dough sits out it will melt the butter and not allow your dough to rise and the outcome will be flat pastry dough.
- Don’t over-brush your egg wash over your dough. If you overbrush it with egg wash, it will taste more like egg cheese puff pastry. 😊
- Make sure not to undercook your cheese puff pastries. Sometimes your dough can look lightly golden brown and you think it’ll be ready but when you take it out it will deflate and flatten. Make sure to fully bake them until they are Golden Brown.
These Cheese Puff Pastry Pockets are so perfect, they’re great to take as a gift to a family and friend gatherings. Whenever I go places, I make sure to take my Nutella Puff Pastry Bites along with me!
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🍴INGREDIENTS YOU’LL NEED TO MAKE THESE CHEESE PUFF PASTRIES
Here is a preview of the ingredients you’ll need to make this recipe! You can find these at your local grocery store or you can shop online. (Detailed Ingredients in Recipe Card down below.) down below.)
- Puff Pastry
- Feta Cheese
- Dill
- Egg
STEPS TO MAKE THE PERFECT BUTTERY CHEESE PUFF PASTRY BOREK
Here are the basics on how to put this pastry together:
- Thaw out the dough so it’s soft enough to fold and not break apart while making
- Crumble Feta cheese
- Brush egg white over the top of the pastry dough
- Bake while the dough is still chilled and make sure to remove when they are golden brown for that full fluffy effect!
If you would like to try this recipe with our Crispy Homemade Pie Dough it definitely has a unique taste and is also so delicious!
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Buttery Cheese Puff Pastry
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: Makes 40 pieces 1x
Description
Buttery Cheese Puff Pastry – How To Make This Borek
This Middle Eastern ready-made Puff Pastry dough is filled with salty feta cheese and fresh dill and as a result, it is so yummy! Although this recipe is fast, simple, and easy, it’s perfect to make especially for your parties! Additionally, these Buttery Cheese Puff Pastry Boreks are made with a variety of different fillings including meat, spinach, cheese, eggplant, and even mushrooms. Lastly, rather than having store-bought dough, you can try our crispy flakey pie-like crust dough made from scratch – click here to learn how to make our crispy, flakey homemade borek dough. Now it’s time to try this Buttery Cheese Puff Pastry – How To Make This Borek!
Ingredients
- 20 sheets of Puff Pastry
- 2 cups crumbled Feta Cheese
- 1 bunch of Fresh Dill
- 1 Egg
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400° – Make sure to thaw out the dough for 1 hour before prepping the borek. The dough needs to be semi-frozen while prepping.
- Chop the dill crumble the feta and mix in a bowl.
- Place about 1 tablespoon of the cheese mixture on half of the dough
- Fold over your dough to have both points connect
- Place in a lined non-baking sheet and place them 1 inch apart
- Brush egg over the top of each pastry
- Bake for 20-25 minutes – make sure the tray of boreks is on the center rack of the oven
Notes
*** Our Nutrition information is estimated, so please make sure to check your own calculation to fit your diet.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 25
- Category: Pastry
- Method: Oven Baked
- Cuisine: Middle Eeastern
Keywords: cheese borek, puff pastry borek, cheese pastry, appitizer, party appitizer ideas
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: BUTTERY CHEESE PUFF PASTRY BOREK
Yes, the filling variations are endless! You can also replace the Dill with Cilantro or Parsley if you would like. They also can be filled with sweet, savory, and more like. You can use Meat, Spinach, Potato, Bacon and Egg, Vegetables, Ham and Cheese, Jam, Nutella, Fruits, and more!
You can thaw out the puff pastry for about 3-4 hours at room temperature before using. You can also thaw out puff pastry in the refrigerator overnight. If you are in a hurry, you can separate puff pastry and place each sheet with the wax paper liner on top of a pan sheet to thaw out quicker.
Yes, you can use foil, but it will not provide the same non-stick surface. We recommend using a non-stick cooking mat preferably a baking silicone mat.
Slightly defrost the puff pastry before you start handling it. It should be cold while prepping your pastry before placing it into the oven to bake.
Ready-made puff pastry is usually vegan, but sometimes they have butter in them. Always make sure to check the ingredients list before buying.
Your oven temperature should be set on high heat before placing them in to bake. If you place puff pastry into a low heat oven your dough will not rise. Make sure to place chilled dough at a higher oven temperature. (400°F is ideal)
You will find puff pastry in the freezer section of the grocery store near the frozen dessert, pizza dough, or frozen bread sections.
No, they are not the same. Puff pastry is a buttery fluffy and thicker type of dough. Phyllo dough is thin, dry, and flaky.
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