#puff-pastry

#puff-pastry

These flaky, crispy pastries with a curry flavored filling are a popular snack sold in street food stalls and eateries right across Thailand. They're usually filled with a spiced mixture of potato, vegetables and curry powder, and you can experiment with variations for a personalized touch. These puffs also freeze well, making them a convenient snack to make ahead and have on hand. Substitute store-bought puff pastry if you need to save time.

Baking usually comes in recipe-precise ingredients and multi-step efforts, with hours upon hours of labor brought together by the oven heat. It's rarely something you throw together and be done in a flash. Unless, of course, you are making apple turnovers, and you already have the three bare essentials. Sheets of puff pastry, applesauce, and a glaze, plus just a bit of preparation and hands-off cooking, and voilà, a golden batch of fall desserts ready in no time.

This beloved appetizer is just the right balance of salty and buttery - the perfect snack to plop on a platter for a book club, a birthday, and especially a cocktail hour.