Sunday, January 30, 2011

Chocolate Filled Pastry


Start your monday off right pull up a cup of coffee and enjoy a chocolate filled pastry as you travel along your blog hop. If you do stop here please leave me a comment letting me know you were here. Thanks and I will follow you back








2 tablespoons corn syrup


1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

4 ounces chopped bittersweet chocolate

2 sheets (17 oz. total) cold thawed puff pastry dough

1 large egg

1/2 cup sugar

Preparation

1. Combine corn syrup and cream in a microwave-safe container. Heat in 30-second intervals until boiling. Put chocolate in a bowl and pour hot cream on top. Stir chocolate until smooth, then chill, stirring often, until firm, about 20 minutes.



2. Meanwhile, line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. On a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin, roll each pastry dough sheet into a 12-in. square. Cut each square into 16 smaller squares and transfer to a baking sheet.



3. In a bowl, lightly whisk egg and 1 tbsp. water to blend, then brush over pastry squares. Spoon about 1 tsp. chocolate into the center of each square. Fold 1 corner of each square over to meet the opposite corner, forming a triangle. Press edges to seal. Use a 2 1/2-in. round cutter to trim corners of triangle and form a shape that resembles a three-quarter moon. Wrap trays with plastic wrap and freeze at least 1 hour and up to 1 week. (To save space, after 30 minutes of freezing, put pastries in resealable plastic bags in freezer.)



4. Preheat oven to 400°. Bake pastries, switching pan positions once, until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes. Put sugar in a bowl and turn beignets in sugar to coat. Serve immediately.



recipe source: my recipes

2 comments:

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  2. Your pastry looks fabulous! Looks like it is pretty simple to make as well.

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