How to Make Fruit Puff Pastry

Ingredients

• 1 package puff pastry squares
• 12 pieces cream cheese, or one 225 g package cream cheese
• 2 teaspoons orange juice
• 1 teaspoon orange zest
• 1/3 cup sugar
• A pinch of vanilla
• 1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water and a pinch of vanilla
• Fruit of your choice
• Recipe and method for making fruit puff pastry from our friend and chef at Shou Tabkhin Today:
• Nancy Mousa
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• For more puff pastry desserts, click the link: How to Make Umm Ali Dessert with Puff Pastry

Method

1. Beat the cheese with the sugar, orange juice and zest, and vanilla. Place 1½ tablespoons of the filling in the center of each puff pastry square. Arrange the pieces of fruit of your choice on top.
2. Brush the edges or rounds of the pastry with the beaten egg, then sprinkle a little sugar on the edges.
3. Bake the puff pastry in a preheated oven at 200°C until it puffs and browns.
4. Serve the fruit puff pastry cold.
5. Nancy Moussa
6. For more puff pastry desserts, click the link: Umm Ali dessert with puff pastry.