Air Fried Pizza McPuff

Air Fried Pizza McPuff or Veg Pizza McPuff or simply Pizza Puff is a very easy and popular snack recipe that resembles the McDonald’s McPuff which we get in India.

This homemade Pizza McPuff is made by stuffing vegetables sauteed in pizza sauce and other seasonings inside the puff pastry sheet. That’s the reason it tastes like a combination of Pizza and Puff.

When I was in India My husband took me for movie night and after that we had dinner in the food court that’s when I had it for the very first time. I must really share this with you guys….My husband is a big fan of McPuff and he told me so much about it and I felt like how I didn’t know about it. So as soon as I received the order I was drooling like a baby, I picked one in my hand and before my husband warned me “Its very Hot”…I already had one bite and burnt my tongue by the melted cheese. 🙁

I felt so bad that I was not able to get its real taste due to my damaged taste buds. So my husband promised me that next weekend he will again take me to the McD. And since then It became my favorite snacks.

After shifting to Chicago I didn’t get a chance for munching on my favourite snacks for a long time. In USA McDonald’s don’t have McPuff in their Menu. So I thought of making it at home and surprise my son who is a pizza lover.

What is Pizza McPuff?

Mc Donald’s Style Veg Pizza McPuff is a recipe that has rolled flaky pastry dough and stuffed with saucy and spicy vegetables and shaped into rectangular puff pockets then deep fried until golden and crisp.

Typically pizza puff is deep fried but here in this recipe I have made them in Air fryer alternatively they can also be baked in oven till it is crisp.

McPuff Dough

Making puff pastry sheet at home is a lengthy and tedious process. Making dough then rolling, folding freezing and repeating the steps for almost 9-10 times is bit of a work which may or may not give you perfect results.

For this recipe I have used store bought readymade sheet, they are handy and absolutely perfect for making Mc Puff.

McPuff Stuffing

To prepare the stuffing, you can decide on the choice of the vegetables that you will be using and sauteeing them in oil. You can vary it as per your liking, here I have used green peas, capsicum (any colour), carrot, sweet corn, onion etc.

While frying the vegetables add garlic, oregano, chili flakes, ginger-garlic paste, tomato ketchup or Pizza sauce and mix them well. Allow it to cool down completely and then add the grated Mozzarella cheese.

Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, this delicious snack is my Son’s favorite, (who does not like cheese pizza stuffed crunchy pockets). It has been a while that I started preparing the Veg Pizza McPuff at home. So I decided to share the recipe with you.

This recipe is for all those McPuff lovers who wish to make this awesome recipe at home. I request you to give it a try and let us know your feedback in the comment section below.

Do try other snacks recipes :

• Veg Lasagna Poppers
• Mini Dry Samosa
• Samosa
• Samosa chaat
• Layered Samosa
• Potli Samosa
• Dahi Ke Sholay
• Air Fried Stuffed Mushrooms
• Sabudana Vada
• Methi Pakoda
• Paneer Dum Tikka
• Veg Lasagna Poppers
• Paneer Tikka Pizza Sliders
• Aloo Tikki Chaat
• Veg Momos
• Katori Chaat (Air-Fried)
• Tandoori Paneer Tikka
• Air-fried Crispy Chickpeas

Preparation Time: 10mins  ∏  Cooking Time: 15mins  ∏  Servings: 6 pockets

Level: Intermediate(Medium)  ∏  Measurement: 1 Cup ≡ 250 ml ≡ 250gm

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Tips:

• Add the Mozzarella Cheese to the stuffing only after the mixture completely cools down. If you add the grated cheese when the stuffing is still hot, it will melt down quickly and it will change the taste of McPuff.
• If you are using pizza or pasta sauce then I will suggest not to add extra oregano and chili flakes as the sauce already have it.
• While making stuffing add vegetables of your choice just finely chop the vegetables else will be difficult to stuff.
• Serve pockets immediately to enjoy the crunchy cheesy McPuff.
• You can also add grated ginger-garlic instead of ginger-garlic paste in stuffing.
• Before frying place the stuffed pockets in the refrigerator, so that no bubbles are formed on the surface.
• Instead of Air-frying them you may also deep fry them on medium flame until brown and crispy.
• Remember to close the edges of the sheets properly so that the vegetable stuffing does not come out while frying. To seal the pizza pockets, you can use either water or maida flour paste.