Wraps - involves folding and partially covering the filling of your choice with pastry
Fold puff pastry square in half diagonally and cut a 1" border on the 2 unfolded edges leaving the pastry intact at the point.

Open out pastry square and brush border lightly with beaten egg white or water.

Pick up one of the cut points and fold it over to the opposite point of the inner square.

Repeat with the other side so that a wrap is formed at 2 opposite corners of the square. Prick centre well with a fork, brush the top of the borders with beaten egg white and fill with a filling of your choice following the baking instructions to cook.

Jalousies - a means of enclosing your filling with pastry in a lattice style
Cut shortcrust pastry sheet in half, place one half on a baking sheet and top with filling leaving a 1" border all round.

Fold remaining pastry piece in half lengthways and make diagonal cuts down it's length working from the folded edge, leaving a 1" border on the other three sides.

With the pastry still folded, place over half of the base, having brushed the border with beaten egg. Carefully open out the top half to cover the whole filling. Seal the edges as described above and cook.

Filo tartlets - a way of partially enclosing your filling using Filo pastry sheets
Cut Filo pastry sheets into 8 even strips . Cut these strips into 4 equal squares
Layer three filo squares so that the corners are offset, brushing each square lightly with melted butter.

Place each three some of filo pastry in a lightly greased petit four mould tin or fairy cake tin. Place filling in the centre of the "squares" and bake as described in your cooking instructions

Samosas - an ethnic way of using Filo pastry to fully enclose the filling
Cut Filo pastry sheets into eight equal strips.. Brush each one lightly with butter - place a teaspoonful of filling at one end.

Fold opposite corner of Pastry over to cover filling in a triangular shape
Continue folding down the strip keeping the triangle shape ensuring points are tucked in to prevent leakage

Place seam side down on baking sheet and brush with melted butter. Bake as described in your cooking instructions.