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Quick & Easy Entertaining
Cream-Layered Pastries

Cream-Layered Pastries      "Cream-Layered Pastries" is available in PDF format print friendly version
Layers of light puff pastry, strawberry jam and whipped cream. Enjoy with a cup of coffee and imagine you are in a Parisian patisserie.
 
Package of frozen puff pastry (14 oz.,1/21/2
397 g, size), thawed according to
package directions
 
Whipping cream2/3 cup150 mL
Strawberry jam, warmed1/2 cup125 mL
 
Icing (confectioner's) sugar, for dusting
 
Roll out pastry on lightly floured surface to about 9 x 9 inch (22 x 22 cm) square. Place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake in 400°F (205°C) oven for 10 to 12 minutes until golden and puffed. Let baking sheet stand on wire rack to cool. Split pastry in half horizontally into 2 layers. Cut each half into 6 rectangles.

Beat whipping cream in small bowl until soft peaks form. Spread 1 tbsp. (15 mL) jam on 1 side of 1 pastry rectangle. Spread 3 tbsp. (50 mL) whipped cream over jam. Top with another pastry rectangle. Spread 1 tbsp. (15 mL) jam over pastry rectangle. Spread 3 tbsp. (50 mL) whipped cream over jam. Top with another pastry rectangle. Repeat with remaining pastry rectangles, jam and whipped cream.

Dust with icing sugar. Makes 4 pastries.
 
1 pastry: 503 Calories; 32.5 g Total Fat; 156 mg Sodium; 5 g Protein; 51 g Carbohydrate; 1 g Dietary Fibre
 
 
 
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