What to make with puff pastry: 19 easy dinners
Every dinner here is built on puff pastry, easiest first. The quickest is Air fryer spinach and cheese empanadas, on the table in 45 minutes, and the cheapest is Samosa pie with lentils and potatoes at $1.41 a serving. One of them is simple enough for a first try.

Puff pastry egg tarts with spinach and swiss
$2.71 a serving
75 min

Air fryer spinach and cheese empanadas
$2.92 a serving
45 min

Zucchini and ricotta puff pastry tart
$2.33 a serving
55 min

Air fryer black bean empanadas
$2.39 a serving
65 min

Mushroom pot pie
$3.37 a serving
75 min

Tuna quiche
$1.81 a serving
75 min

Samosa pie with lentils and potatoes
$1.41 a serving
80 min

White bean pot pie
$1.70 a serving
80 min

Vegetable pasties
$2.38 a serving
85 min

Cheese and onion pie
$2.15 a serving
100 min

Puff pastry spanakopita
$3.41 a serving
100 min

Chicken vol-au-vent (creamy chicken in puff pastry)
$3.08 a serving
50 min

Greek chicken pie (kotopita)
$3.38 a serving
70 min

Chicken pot pie
$2.12 a serving
85 min

Goat cheese and caramelized onion tart
$3.43 a serving
90 min

Turkey Wellington
$4.36 a serving
90 min

Chicken and leek pie
$3.22 a serving
100 min

Lentil and mushroom Wellington
$2.31 a serving
110 min

Steak and mushroom pie
$4.26 a serving
190 min
Costs are estimates for one serving at typical US grocery prices, counting only what each recipe uses.

Dinners from what you already have
Dollop looks at what’s in your fridge and cupboards, plans a week of dinners around it, and writes a grocery list with only what you still need.