Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Dessert Puff Pastries
















The back left is filled with blueberries; the back right is filled with cherries.
The front left is filled with chocolate chips; the front right is filled with strawberries and brie cheese.

Puff pastry, 1 package (14 ounces)
Melted butter, about 1 tablespoon for each pastry
Granulated sugar, about 1 teaspoon for each pastry unless the fruit is really sour
Your choice of filling: fresh blueberries, fresh pitted cherries, fresh strawberries, chocolate chips, brie cheese
Powdered sugar, for garnish
1. Thaw the puff pastry for two hours or more in the refrigerator.
2. Wash the fruit you want to use for the filling and dry it well.
3. Cut the pastry into four pieces.
4. Roll out one piece really thin. Cut it in half.
5. Put your choice of filling in the middle of one of the puff pastry halves. If you are using fresh fruit, sprinkle with a little granulated sugar. Brush melted butter on the edges of the pastry and fold the long sides so that they meet in the middle. Fold the short sides up toward the center (they won’t meet in the middle).
6. Cut the other half of the puff pastry into strips the long way, about an inch wide, and wrap around the finished packet. Places the wrapped packet on a rimmed baking sheet.
7. Do the same thing (Steps 4 through 6) with the three remaining pieces of puff pastry.
8. Bake at 400F for 17 minutes or until nicely browned.
9. Before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar

Makes 4 dessert puff pastries
Of my own devising

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