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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

my obessed with puff pastry

i try my hand in doing curry puffs, turn out nt bad(of cos im nt doin the traditional way; deep frying, im using pastry to do like polar stuff; baking mre healthy).
next, im goin to do this. seem i still got strawberry jam in my fridge so what i need is fresh strawberries now.

Strawberry 4-Point Tartlets (makes 4)
Ingredients: 1/2 of Puff Pastry Sheets(1 sheet), thawed
1 egg, 1 tbsp water, 1/4 cup strawberry jam
1 cup large fresh strawberry cut into quarters, Whipped cream or vanilla ice cream Directions: Heat the oven to 400°F. Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Roll the pastry sheet into a square, cut it into 4 squares. Place the pastry squares onto a baking sheet. Beat the egg n water. Stir the jam and add the strawberries. Spoon abt 1/4 cup strawberry mixture in the center of each pastry square. Fold the pastry corners over the filling to the center and twist the points firmly to seal. Brush with the egg mixture. Bake for 20 mins /til the pastries are golden brown. Serve each with 1/2 cup ice cream, if desired.

Mini Napoleons (make 8)
Ingredients: 1 Pastry Sheet, thawed ,1 package vanilla instant pudding or chocolate /mousse
1 1/2 cups whipped cream, 1 1/4 cups sliced strawberries /chopped nuts/ melted mashsrows
Confectioners' sugar/ honey or hazenut spead
Directions: Heat the oven to 400°F. Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface, cut it into 3 strips along the fold marks. then cut each strip into 4 rectangles. Place the pastries onto the baking sheet. Lightly brush w an egg, bake for 15 minutes or until the pastries are golden brown. Let the pastries cool on the baking sheet on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Split each pastry into 2 layers, making 24 in all.
Prepare the pudding mix according to the package directions except use 1 cup milk. Fold in the whipped cream. Reserve 8 top pastry layers. Spread 2 tbsp pudding mixture on each of 8 bottom pastry layers. Top each with 1 tbsp strawberries and pastry layer. Top with the remaining pudding, strawberries and reserved top pastry layers. Sprinkle with the confectioners’ sugar.
Note: For 1 1/2 sweetened whipped cream, beat 3/4 cup heavy cream, 2 tbsp sugar and 1/4 tsp vanilla extract in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form.
Instead of pudding mix, u can also used icecream.
Make-Ahead: These Napoleons can be served immediately /covered n refrigerated for up to 4hrs.