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Mascarpone whipped icing inside a crispy puff pastry—topped with fresh sugared strawberries. I’m always looking for an excuse to use mascarpone. I just love the taste and it can be used in place of cream cheese and ricotta in desserts for a totally new taste!
These hearts are a cute idea for a Valentine’s breakfast or dessert. Very easy to prep most of it ahead of time. The puff pastry is the only thing you should bake right before eating.
Making the Heart Shaped Pastry
• Roll the puff pastry out slightly. Just to smooth it out, you don’t want to loose the flaky layers.
• Use a 3 inch heart cutter.
for the inside use a cookie cutter that is about 1 inch in size.
• Using a fork poke holes in the center.
• Brush on egg wash.
• After baking use the cleaned smalled cutter to take out a few layers and make a cup.
• Fill with whipped mascarpone icing.
• Top with strawberries.
Variations you could try are raspberries, jam, or add some lemon and lemon zest to the whipped icing.
Puff Pastry Hearts with Mascarpone and Strawberries
Ingredients
- 1 package of puff pastry thawed
- 8 oz mascarpone cheese softened
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 cup sliced strawberries
- 2 tsp sugar
- Flour for surface
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Whip up cream to 50% whipped. Add mascarpone and whip the rest of the way—while slowly adding confectioners sugar, until it holds its shape.
- Store in fridge until ready to use.
- Mix sliced strawberries and sugar, keep in fridge.
- On a floured surface, place puff pastry sheet. Roll out a little to smooth surface and extent a bit. Don’t roll it out more than an inch more.
- Use a 3 inch heart cookie cutter to cut out dough shapes. Place on parchment lined cookie sheet. Using about a 1 inch heart cutter mark the middle, but don’t cut it through.
- Poke little holes inside the small heart.
- Mix egg and water—egg wash the pastries.
- Bake 13-15 minutes.
- Wash the small cutter and use it to gently cut through half the middle. Not down to bottom. Dig out a few layers of center.
- Let cool and fill with whipped mascarpone. Add strawberries on top.
