Three Quick and Easy Family Recipes Using Puff Pastry and Tortillas
Culinary expert Yarden Weiss shares three effortless recipes for satisfying family meals. The menu features a giant meat bourekas, a tuna and pepper pastry, and baked cheese tortilla wraps.
When you want a hearty, delicious meal but do not want to spend hours cooking, simple shortcuts are a lifesaver. Yarden Weiss presents three crowd-pleasing recipes that require minimal effort.
Family-Sized Meat Bourekas
This dish offers the perfect balance: a rich, savory meat meal that requires very little actual cooking.
Using just one sheet of puff pastry, half serves as the base and the other half as the top crust. In between goes a filling of seasoned, browned minced meat. It is a foolproof dish that everyone in the family is bound to love.
Tuna and Bell Pepper Puff Pastry
This is the ultimate "nothing in the fridge" backup plan. Even when groceries are low, most kitchens have a couple of red bell peppers and two cans of tuna in the pantry.
Fortunately, modern chilled puff pastry does not require overnight thawing in the refrigerator—you can buy it ready-to-use and assemble this savory pie in minutes.
Baked Tortilla "Schnitzel"
Despite the name, this is actually a vegetarian, dairy-based dish that requires absolutely no frying.
Tortillas are stuffed with cheese and olives, dipped in beaten egg and breadcrumbs, and then baked in the oven. It is a hassle-free way to get a crispy, satisfying crunch without the mess of deep-frying.
