These puff pastry boxes are a neat way to constrain an otherwise normal lunch, breakfast or dessert. They look sophisticated enough to serve to guests, but they come with the advantage of being incredibly easy to assemble. Just slit and attach the corners of a sheet of store-bought puff pastry to make four walls, then bake them according to the package instructions. You can put almost anything in there, at least anything that goes well with puff pastry — in other words, most foods.
By Richmond Flores and Heather Ramsdell for Food Network Kitchen
Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken, gravy, peas, carrots, pearl onions and parsley
Salad Nicoise
Green beans, tuna, capers, olives, potatoes, tomatoes, hard-cooked eggs and vinaigrette
Danish
Cream cheese filling and orange preserves, with a drizzle of sugar glaze
Sausage and Gravy
Sausage, white gravy, fried egg and parsley
Samosa
Curry, caramelized onion, cumin seeds, black sesame seeds, cubes of potato, peas and cilantro
Pizza
Marinara, fresh mozzarella and pepperoni
Chocolate and Berry
Hazelnut chocolate spread, raspberries and sea salt
