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Easy blueberry danish pastries
Treat yourself to a homemade weekend brunch with these divine blueberry danish pastries. They're simple to make but will add a taste of luxury to your morning.
- 20 mins preparation
- 25 mins cooking
- Makes 9
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Ingredients
- 1 cup blueberries
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 125 g cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 sheets puff pastry, thawed
- Icing sugar, for dusting
Method
- 1Preheat oven to 190°C. Grease a baking tray with non-stick cooking spray.
- 2Place blueberries and 1 tablespoon of the sugar in a small saucepan and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat; cool.
- 3Beat cream cheese, the remaining 2 tablespoons sugar and vanilla essence until smooth.
- 4Using a little cold water, join the pastry sheets together to create one long rectangle, pressing firmly along the join. Slice pastry into nine long strips, using the long edge as a guide.
- 5Take a strip and turn each end in opposite directions to create a twist. Coil onto the tray forming a spiral and tuck the end underneath. Repeat with remaining strips. Press a spoon into the centre of each to form a flattish bowl in the middle.
- 6Spoon cream cheese mixture into the middle of each, then top with
a dollop of the cooled berry mixture. - 7Bake for 20-25 minutes until pastry is golden brown. Dust with icing sugar.
Notes
- You could use a sour cream pastry instead of puff. Add a drizzle of lemon icing, vanilla glaze or melted white chocolate, if you like.
- Instead of making twists you could serve as squares. Simply cut each pastry sheet into quarters and use a sharp knife to score a square in each, creating a 2cm border. Use a fork to score the inner square a few times (to stop puffing) and continue from step 6.
