Puff Pastry - Sweet and Savoury
#Easter #Brunch Any Time you want a nice light #Treat! #AppleRoses #TinyTreats #SavouryPastry #Bitesize!
Quick Break for a New-To-Me Treat! Even Easier! lol!
First, I made the
Cherry Tart, the Blueberry Tart, then the Raspberry and Berries Fruit Tart... so insanely easy, incredibly delicious!
So, take your sheet of Puff Pastry - no need to roll it out, any more, it's all done for you, so pick it up in your hands (flip over the parchment paper it comes on, then stretch it gently with your hands to fit a smaller baking tray, and fresh Parchment Paper : )
For the Fruit Mix: Any Frozen Fruit (or, Fresh Fruit), mix !/4 to a 1/2 a cup of Corn Starch, that's the thickening agent, will create a little syrup for you, that will set, later : ) Yay!
Mix 1/2 cup Corn Starch with 3/4 cup sugar, mix well.
You won't use it all, sprinkle some into the fruit and stir, add more if your fruit makes a lot of juice when it's cooked... and sprinkle some on the pastry before you put the fruit on it, if it's a very juicy fruit (now I need some Juicy Fruit Gum, and some cute leggings - hahahaha! ; )
Bake at 350 for about an hour... have a wee look, every now and then, then just turn the oven off, let it cool in the oven.
Pop in the fridge, let it set, completely, or go ahead and eat it right away - your call! lol!
AND, I sprinkled a little Icing Sugar on top of it, was super pretty, is a very light sugary topping : )
It's fun to do the Icing Sugar - just put your hand under the fine sieve, pour in some Icing Sugar, tap the side of the sieve while you make the icing sugar 'snow' on your pastries - so pretty, everybody loves it! : )
Isn't that gorgeous? Who needs all that extra pie crust, and this Fruit Tart is fast and easy : )
And then, today, the day after our Easter Dinner, I happened to have some leftover Cranberries, and I love to mix the cranberries with raisins
Cranberries + Raisins = Cherry
Isn't that amazing? Way cheaper, if you get your cranberries on sale, and Waste Not Want Not, right?
So today I mixed the leftover cranberries with the raisins, about half the bag, just play that one by ear...
And then I thought I would throw in some chopped Walnuts, that cuts the sugary taste down, is always nice to add Walnuts : ) That's nuts, man! haha!
I let that sit in a bowl for the afternoon, so the raisins could plump up, but they'll plump up when you're baking them, one way or another, just so you knows - lol!
I didn't do an egg wash on the Puff Pastry, for this Fruit Tart, since it would be so sweet, and because I had decided that chocolate is delicious with cranberries and raisins, and, by default, with cherries, so, I spread the fruit mixture right on the plain Puff Pastry, sprinkled on the Chocolate Chips, baked at 350 for about an hour, yum!
I love the way it looks, right now, but I might pop it back in the oven, tomorrow, let the chocolate chips melt, again - take a knife and gently spread the chocolate chips over the whole pastry, it'll look like a glossy chocolate icing - yum! The easiest glaze, ever!
I'll add the rest of the pics at the bottom of this page, so you can see them when you scroll down, and you can see how to make other lovely treats with Puff Pastry, too!
Yay! Puff Pastry, always delicious and light : )
Aaahh!! Look how cute! Me yuv! So sweet - you'll love them, your kids will love them, your guests will love them... so, get in there, quickly, before they're all gone - lol! ; )
Well, I'm exhausted from all that baking - will go has a little break, but will come back, later, sort these pics out for you, but, is like a little puzzle for you, for now - lol!
Really, with Puff Pastry, you canny go wrong, will always be delicious! Add any fruit, or have savory, with meat or fish... yum! Is a lovely addition to lots of meals - a nice little treat! : )
And now for the rest of the Fruit Tart pics : )
Stir in a little of the
Corn Starch and Sugar mix - about 1/2 cup of Corn Starch and 3/4 cup of Sugar,
keep in the fridge, you can pour it on or spoon it on, so you can decide how much you want to use -
And you can use that same mix to make a syrup out of any juice from canned fruit - just make it in a hot pan, stir in a little of the juice with the powder mix, so it's not lumpy, let it boil until it's glossy - you'll love it! Is way cheaper than the canned Pie Filling, but I love that, too, especially for Cherry Pie Filling - you can combine them, so, all the more cherries! Yum!
We had our Fruit Tart on it's own, and with some Whipped Cream or Cool Whip - is all good, all the time - yum!!
Yum for your Tum!
Yummy for your Tummy! hahahaha! ; )
Have fun cooking! And Eating! : )
Your li'l Cooking Pal, Ailsa!! xoxo!!
And now for more pics of our fave new Fruit Tarts!
