Creamy Tilapia With Puff Pastry Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray.
• Fold a 12-inch square sheet of aluminum foil in half, turn and fold in half again; you should have a small square. Now, fold diagonally and once more again. You will now have a triangle. Wrap it around your index finger and mold into a cone shape. Repeat 9 more times to make 10 molds. (Note: these can be reused.) Lightly spray the foil molds with nonstick spray.
• Lay out the puff pastry sheet on a work surface with one of the long sides facing you. Cut the pastry into 3/4-inch-wide strips from top to bottom to make 20 strips. Wrap 2 pastry strips around each mold, overlapping a little with each wrap. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet and bake until lightly browned around the edges, 16 to 18 minutes. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, whisk together the cream cheese and butter in a bowl. Add the confectioners' sugar in batches with the salt. Gently fold in the blackberry preserves (so there is some veining). Transfer to a disposable pastry bag fitted with a large star tip and place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes to let the filling firm up.
• Pipe the filling into each pastry from the wider end. Serve with a dusting of confectioners' sugar and some blackberries and mint.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Grease a baking sheet with cooking spray. Place the tilapia fillets on the sheet, and coat them lightly with cooking spray. Spoon the melted margarine over each fillet, then drizzle with 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. Season with lemon pepper and 2 tablespoons of dill.
• Bake for 15 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the fish is opaque and flakes easily.
• While the fish is baking, combine the cream cheese, 5 tablespoons of lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of dill in a small bowl. Heat in the microwave for 1 minute and 10 seconds, then stir to blend.
• Place fillets onto serving plates, and spoon sauce around them in a decorative fashion.

Steps:

• For the custard: In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 5 tablespoons flour and a pinch of salt. Stir in milk, a little at a time, until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 60 seconds, then pour a small amount of hot liquid into the 2 egg yolks, and stir. Then return now heated egg yolks to saucepan and stir, over heat, until mixture starts to bubble again. Remove from heat, add vanilla. Cover and chill in refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• For the pastry: In a medium saucepan, combine shortening and water and bring to a boil. Sift together 1 cup flour and a pinch of salt and pour all at once into boiling mixture. Stir vigorously until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat, and add eggs, one at a time, stirring vigorously after each addition. Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet, or pipe into desired shape.
• Bake 10 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and bake 25 minutes more, or until golden. Cool completely, split, fill with custard, and replace tops.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat oil in large frying pan over high heat.
• Lightly brown the Fillets, 2 or 3 minutes per side. You want some of the fish to stick to the bottom. or cook and extra fillet and chop it up into the pan.
• Remove the fillets from the oil and place in the bottom of a 15 x baking dish.
• Drain the oil from the frying pan, Careful not to lose bits of fish left behind.
• Add the stock to deglaze the pan. Add spices into the frying pan and bring to boil.
• Mix Corn Starch in 1/4 cup water. Add to frying pan to thicken.
• Stir as sauce thicken. After 1 minute add Half and half.
• Cover the fish with the white sauce.
• Sprinkle the walnuts over the sauce.
• Unfold both sheets of Pastry. lay one sheet over the dish.
• Cut the second sheet to cover the remaining of the dish over lap slightly.
• Cut the remaining pastry into interesting shapes and put them on top of the pasty in the dish.
• Bake until the crust is puffy, lightly brown and sauce is boiling.
• Serve with wild rice. about 30 to 45 minutes.
• You can add more fillets without increasing sauce. Could use up to 10 small fillets.

Steps:

• Thaw one sheet of puff pastry. , Preheat oven to 400°. Cut pastry into six squares. Cut each square in half diagonally; transfer to two greased baking sheets. Bake 10-15 minutes or until golden brown., Meanwhile, in a Dutch oven, combine soup, turkey, peas and carrots, cream cheese and pepper. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes or until cream cheese is melted. Serve half of the turkey mixture with puff pastry triangles. Cool the remaining turkey mixture; transfer to freezer containers. May be frozen for up to 3 months.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Roll out a sheet of puff pastry on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of about 1/8 of an inch.
• Cut out 4 or 5 rounds that are slighly smaller then the soup bowls you will be using.
• Place the rounds on the prepared pans.
• Beat together egg and milk in a small bowl; brush the rounds with this mixture using a pasty brush.
• Bake until golden brown and puffed, about 15 minutes.
• Remove to a wire rack and allow to cool.
• Bring the stock to a rapid simmer in a large saucepan.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter with the olive oil in a large soup pot over medium heat.
• Add the shallots and saute until translucent, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir in the flour and cook about 3 minutes, stirring constantly; do not let mixture turn brown.
• Stir in the mushrooms, salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally for about 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and whisk in the simmering stock.
• Return to medium-low heat, cover partially and simmer gently for 20 minutes; remove from heat.
• Puree the soup in a blender or food processor in batches until smooth.
• Return soup to the pot and place over low heat; bring to a simmer.
• Stir in the Marsala or brandy and simmer an additional 3 minutes.
• Stir in the half and half and simmer another 5 minutes; taste and adjust seasoning; remove from heat.
• Stir in the chives and ladle into warm shallow bowls and top each with a puff pastry round; serve immediately.