24 favorite puffs Recipes

frozen puff pastry, roll of any kind of mild spice sausage (or if you are a vegetarian, boil potatoes and mash them - it will be equally good), onion or 3 nice size shallots, your favorite fresh herbs, finely chopped, chopped pine nuts (optional), butter, egg, sesame seeds , black , or poppy seeds for decoration

extra virgin olive oil, butter, minced shallot, diced fresh button mushroom, salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste, garlic clove, minced, dry sherry, beef filet mignon (or 1 beef and 2 scallops to make two different kinds) or 2 (3 oz) beef tenderloin, about 1-inch thick (or 1 beef and 2 scallops to make two different kinds) or 4 large sea scallops (or 1 beef and 2 scallops to make two different kinds), sliced pate, cut in half vertically (use your favorite pate, chicken , pork, or duck mousse), sheet frozen prepared puff pastry, thawed, cut in half, egg, beaten, water, minced fresh basil

tart dough : (or use store bought puff pastry dough), unbleached all-purpose flour, superfine sugar, salt, chilled unsalted butter, cut into tbsp-size pieces, pure vanilla extract, ice water , plus additional as needed, granny smith , pippin, or your favorite apples, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch wedges, sugar, unbleached all-purpose flour, ground cinnamon, cranberry sauce, sea salt , preferably gray salt, egg yolk beaten with 1 tbsp heavy cream, for egg wash, coarse sugar