JusRol Frozen Puff Pastry Reviews

I love Jus Rol Frozen Puff Pastry. Now, I promise you that I mostly cook things from scratch and I do make my own shortcrust pastry which is really not difficult at all. I did once look up a recipe on how to make puff pastry in a fancy French cookbook and was amazed by what I saw. Not only do you have to spend ages and ages kneading in the ...  Read the complete review

I like to think of myself as a decent coo- I can whip up a decent pasta sauce or a healthy casserole easily, but one thing I really can't get the hang of is pastry. To make a decent pastry you need to be fast and have nice cold hands - sad to say, I'm pretty slow and have rather hot hands, which means that the butter in pastry melts too fast , ...  Read the complete review

Making real,rough puff pastry seems like a complete waste of time for me. I always try hard to reduce preparation and cooking time ,because I do not want to spend whole afternoon to get poor results.I regularly buy frozen puff pastry. It is the most convenient way to store a dough without reaching best before date quickly - it is always ready and ...  Read the complete review

I would consider myself a reasonable cook. I like to try new things and experiment, but, the thought of making my own puff pastry always sends me skipping to the next in the cook book. I decided I really wanted to make a chicken and mushroom pie, but really didn't want to risk making the pastry myself and ruining the whole dish. My ...  Read the complete review

I think that most of us would agree that it is fairly easy to whip up a bit of shortcrust pastry but there is no way that you can improvise and turn out a half decent puff pastry without having time to spare. Of course rough puff pastry is a short cut but even that takes time. My pastry can be a bit hit and miss, some days it melts in your ...  Read the complete review

Just say 'puff pastry' to me & it brings back horrible memories of having to make it in my 'A' level Home Economics classes at school. Don't get me wrong, I DO love to cook, but making puff pastry is such a long process with all the chilling, folding & rolling etc. Thank goodness Jus-Rol do it ready-made as it saves so much ...  Read the complete review

Jus Rol is one of those wonderful helpful things in life. Puff pastry is pretty difficult and time consuming to make well. Here in a neat little package Jus Rol have solved the problem. Jus Rol's puff pastry is also suitable for vegetarians - some pastries including Jus Rol's shortcrust pastry is made with lard. Puff pastry is a great ...  Read the complete review

I normally make my own short crust pastry, but I hadn't made puff pastry before, and when looking at a recipe on the internet, I thought the instructions sounded a little bit long-winded. I had bought Jus-Rol shortcrust pastry once before (although like I said I normally make my own so I can't remember why), and thought I'd give their puff pastry ...  Read the complete review