Danish Pastries

I love danish pastries. During my stay in Copenhagen; I had loadssssss of them.Well...I dont eat stuffed pastries often..but I do eat the freshly baked croissants...I just love them. During college practicals; we use to make these from scratch but now life has become much more easier as it is easier to get the frozen puff pastries. I did exactly the same this time and made few shapes. Hang on...I will share the basic Puff pastry recipe from scratch very soon. Right now lets get back to different shapes of danish pastries.

It requires 3 Ingredients: - Frozen Puff Pastry sheets, Jam ( i used Home-made Blueberry Jam), and Cream cheese ( I flavored it with little sugar and Lemon zest)

                               

There is nothing much to say about how we go about making these. The pictures that I will post; will speak for themselves. Just 2-3 things to be kept in mind are:- 

1. Take out the pastry sheets and thaw( leave them outside at room temperature separated on dusted surface to avoid sticking) them till they come to the room temperature.

2. Before you start making shapes, Pre-heat the oven at 200 o c for 10 mins.

3. Once the pastries are ready bake them for 15-20 mins. / till they turn golden brown. Remove them from the oven and cool them completely on cool rack.

so here are the pictures:-

1. Braided Danish

2. Windmill

3. Pinwheels 

4. Vol-au-vent