I have always thought of making puff pastry desserts at home, however the thought of making the pastry has deterred me from starting one, until I found this frozen puff pastry sheet at the local supermarket and they turn out to be pretty fluffy. I was so happy with the outcome and I have started to try out a series of pastries and this time round I am sharing with you a Mini Napoleon Strawberry with Lemon Curd.
1 packet of pastry sheet
Icing sugar
1 box of strawberries (~500g depending on the size) you can always replace with raspberry or blueberries
LEMON CURD
4 egg yolks
100g caster sugar
2 tsp lemon rind
4 tbsp lemon juice
120g cold unsalted butter, chopped to small pieces
Direction
1. First of all you need to take out the frozen pastry from the freezer and let it thaw at room temperature for 2 hours.
2. In the meanwhile, lets prepare the lemon curd so it has time to cool down and in time to use (you can prepare one day in advance too).
-> Whisk egg yolk and sugar in a heatproof bowl until pale and thickened slightly.
-> Whisk in rind and juice.
-> Stir with spatula over simmering water about 10 min or until it coats your spatula.
-> Remove from heat and gradually whisk in butter piece by piece until well combined.
-> Set aside to cool and refrigerate.
3. Preheat the oven to 220 degree Celsius.
4. Roll out the sheet into 3mm thickness and cut into 4cm x 12cm. Place on the baking tray with baking paper and dust the top of each pastry with sifted icing sugar. Refrigerate for 10 min and bake pastry for about 15min or until it brown slightly. Leave to cool.
Note: You can always cut the pastry into your desired shape and you may want to follow the instruction of the frozen pastry puff you bought.
5. Using a serrated knife, carefully split each piece in half horizontally. Spread a thin layer of lemon curd on the bottom pastry and then place 2 strawberries at two ends. Squeeze more lemon curd in between the strawberries and spread a thin layer on top of the strawberries so the top pastry can stick to the strawberries. Dust some icing sugar on top of the puff.
The following video can help to explain better:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=besqto20y5s
6. Ready to be served or you can keep in refrigerator to be served later.
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