Puff Pastry Steak and Cheese Bites

drying out during its 15–20 minute bake inside the pastry. OrderSeafood

Cooling the Filling: Never place hot steak directly onto raw puff pastry. Hot filling melts the cold butter layers within the dough, ruining the lamination and preventing the pastry from puffing up into light, crisp layers.

Cold Pastry Rule: Keep the dough as cold as possible prior to entering the oven. The rapid steam generation from cold butter meeting a $400^\circ\text{F}$ ($200^\circ\text{C}$) oven drives the maximum rise and crispiness.

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