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Blackberry Pastries


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  • Author: becky
  • Total Time: 50 minutes
  • Yield: 12 3-inch square pastries 1x

Description

Blackberry pastries made with puff pastry, fresh summer blackberries, a cream cheese and goat cheese filling, and just a touch of lemon.


Ingredients

Scale

60 grams cream cheese, softened (1/4 cup)
60 grams goat cheese, softened and rind removed (1/4 cup)
45 grams confectioner’s sugar (1/3 cup)
10 grams all purpose flour (1 tablespoon)
5 milliliters lemon juice (1 teaspoon)
5 grams lemon zest (1 tablespoon)
1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste, or vanilla extract
1 sheet puff pastry, thawed according to package directions if frozen
1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
24 fresh blackberries
Demerara sugar or Swedish pearl sugar, for sprinkling
Confectioner’s sugar, for dusting


Instructions

Preheat oven to 400° F / 205° C. Line a half sheet rimmed baking sheet with parchment.

In a small bowl, whisk together cream cheese, goat cheese, confectioner’s sugar, flour, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla bean paste.

A metal bowl with ingredients for cream cheese and goat cheese filling

Cheese and lemon filling in a metal bowl

Unroll the puff pastry on a silicone rolling mat. With a rolling pin, roll the pastry to approximately 9 x 12 inches.

Puff pastry and a rolling pin on a blue rolling mat

Use a 3-inch square cutter to cut the pastry into 12 squares.

Puff pastry cut into squares and a square metal cutter on a rolling mat

Transfer to prepared tray.

Squares of puff pastry on a parchment lined tray

With a fork, prick the top of each square 3-4 times.

A fork piercing a square of puff pastry

Puff pastry squares on a parchment lined tray

With a pastry brush, brush the tops of the squares with the beaten egg yolk. Allow yolk to dry for about 5 minutes.

A pastry brush applying egg wash to a square of puff pastry

Egg washed squares of puff pastry on a tray

Sprinkle sugar around the edges of each square. (You don’t need to sprinkle the middle of the square; it will be covered by the cheese mixture).

Squares of puff pastry sprinkled with coarse Demerara sugar

Add 1-2 teaspoons of the cheese filling, dividing the mixture evenly amongst the pastries.

Cheese filling spooned on top of squares of unbaked pastry

Place 2 blackberries on top of each pastry, pressing down gently to secure.

Unbaked puff pastry squares with cheese filling and fresh berries

Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until pastry is flaky and golden brown.

Squares of puff pastry with cheese filling and blackberries, on a parchment lined tray

Dust with confectioner’s sugar.

Blackberry cheese pastries dusted with sugar, on a wire rack

Serve slightly warm or at room temperature.

Wrap leftover blackberry pastries in foil and store in the refrigerator for up to two days.

 

  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Category: Breakfast
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: Pastries
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