Salted or sweet, traditional or wholegrain, fried or baked… Either way, pastel is a popular food that most people like, and can be found in any bar, market or street fair.
It’s hard to find anyone who can resist a good pastel, even more so if it’s freshly made. But, it is a fact that eating fried pastel often is not recommended! In this sense, the baked pastel (or oven pastel) becomes a great option!
Versatile, the oven pastel can become the main course of a quick dinner, with just a salad, or even be served as a starter at a dinner with friends, for example.
When you’re in a hurry, nothing better than buying ready-made dough and filling the pastry with your favorite ingredients and/or those you have at home. It is also possible to make a difference, making different fillings, using, for example, dried meat or shrimp, etc.
For lovers of sweets, a chocolate oven pastel, for example, also goes very well! But these are just examples, because the possibilities are endless, and below you can find delicious recipes to prepare amazing baked pastries!
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1. Pastel de queijo: good tip for when you’re having friends over. It’s very versatile (you put the stuffing of your choice), easy and quick to make. It can also be made for a birthday or any other party… You just need to assemble a pretty tray with the pastels.
2. Pizza pie: good tip for a tasty snack. For the filling you will use ham, cheese or mozzarella, seedless tomato, onion and oregano. The preparation of the dough also has no secret, which makes the recipe in general very practical.
3. Pastel de carne seca: the combination of mozzarella and dried meat is delicious. Good tip for when you want to innovate in stuffing! For the dough you will need milk, yeast, sugar, salt, oil, egg and wheat flour.
4. Ricotta, bacon and pea pastry: a different and very tasty filling. Best of all, the pastel preparation is quick. And if you have leftovers, you can store them in the fridge, as they are delicious the next day, just heat them up.
5. Ricotta and spinach pie: a healthier version, for those who don’t want to “get away from the diet”. The preparation is no secret, you use the ready-made pastry dough, and for the filling, chop spinach leaves, mix the ricotta and add a little cream or curd just to bind.
6. Alheira and spinach pastry: a simple and light suggestion. Pastries can serve as a starter or even as a main dish, when accompanied by a good salad.
7. Tuna Pastel: tasty and practical. For the filling you will need tuna, tomato, onion, salt, pepper, oregano and ricotta cream just to bind. If you don’t find or don’t like ricotta cream, you can substitute cream cheese.
8. Shrimp Pastel: easy and delicious recipe for shrimp lovers. The pastries have a very good texture. For the dough you will only need oil, butter, eggs, milk, grated parmesan, salt, wheat flour.
9. Turkey breast, cream cheese and apricot pastry: you have no idea what to make for dinner? Are you having friends over? These oven patties are quick and easy to make. They are “semicaiseiros”, because you use the ready-made dough, making everything much more practical.
10. Baked pastry: it’s made with rolling pin pastry dough, and you only need a little skill to close it. The tip is not to use stuffing that is too wet or that releases liquid, so as not to make the dough soft.
11. Whole heart of palm pastry: the dough recipe is very simple, it only takes white wheat flour, whole wheat flour, water, vegetable oil and salt. To spice things up, you can use a little chia, but it’s merely optional.
12. Wholemeal cabbage and chickpea pastry: vegan recipe that results in crunchy and delicious pastries. For the stuffing you will basically use chickpeas, onions, parsley, chives, red peppers, cabbage, salt, pepper and vegetable oil.
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13. Chocolate cake: a practical recipe, but very different and tasty. Puff pastry is purchased ready-made. The other ingredients are just chocolate, cinnamon and sugar.
14. Dulce de leche and banana pastry: you already buy the ready-made pastry dough, then you just need to make the filling. When buying, prefer the firmer milk jams. And when you go to eat, be careful, because the warm pastries are delicious, but the dulce de leche is boiling and can burn you.
15. Nutella and banana pastry: a recipe that will delight anyone who loves Nutella. After all, Nutella+banana is a combination that works great. Good idea for a quick snack, when you feel like eating sweets!
16. Pastel Romeo y Julieta: a simple recipe, but very tasty. You can make the pastries for a snack, for an afternoon coffee, or even make a tray of pastries for a birthday. Either way, the recipe is sure to be a hit.
Get inspired by the recipes and create your version of baked pastel with your favorite ingredients! It is a great tip for when you want a practical and very tasty food.