This Apricot and Cream Cheese Pastry may sound unusual but I really love the combination. Along with the smooth cream cheese, I use vanilla extract and confectioners’ sugar to soften the flavor and spread it on top of individually cut squares of butter puff pastry and finally I add apricot jam, and canned apricot halves to each portion.
Delicate, rustic and delicious!
To make Apricot and Cream Cheese Pastry, you will need the following ingredients:
Preheat the oven to 400 °F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a mixing bowl, whisk 6 tablespoons of cream cheese with 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 4 tablespoons of confectioners' sugar until combined.
Cut the thawed puff pastry into eight 4-inch squares then fold each square loosely in half, diagonally, so it is now a triangle. Next, use a very sharp knife and make two slices along the outside edge of the triangle, about ½-inch wide, without cutting right through the tip of the triangle. Open the triangle and gently lift the right side strip of pastry over to the left, placing it on the square of pastry. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet and repeat with the left side strip, folding over to the right side so that the pastry will be a frame around the filling.
Divide the prepared cream cheese filling, equally, between the 8 prepared pastries to fill.
Top each filled pastry with an apricot half and brush the edges with some beaten egg wash then sprinkle with sugar.
Bake the pastries in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes until golden brown in color.
In a small saucepan over medium heat, sieve through and heat 2 tablespoons of apricot jam, thinned with a little bit of water as needed.
Once baked, brush each apricot half with the prepared jam for a “shining and glowing” look.
Cool for a few minutes before serving and enjoy best when warm.
This Apricot and Cream Cheese Pastry recipe has simple instructions to a light and airy summer treat. Perfect for breakfast, brunch or tea time. You’ll love them. And if you do, let us know and share the love online using our hashtag #cookmerecipes!
Amazing! They look prettier than our local bakery’s!
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