Strawberries & cream pastries – Easy Valentine’s Day Dessert Recipe

Heart cutter to make the shape

Pre-oven

Post oven

Ready to serve!

Ingredients:

Serves 4 | 40 mins prep and cook time | Approx 728 calories (based on one sheet of puff pastry)

• Frozen ready-made Puff pastry (I am using the brand pampas which comes in a pack of 6 and the above was made from 1 sheet).

• 1 pack of strawberries

• Double cream (that I whipped)

• 1 Lemon

• 1 Egg/ Milk for glazing the puffs (optional)

Optional extras you could include:

• Drizzle of honey

• Icing sugar at the end

• Fresh mint

Instructions:

Step 1: Prepare the oven

• Get your baking tray and line with baking paper

• Preheat the oven at 180 degrees

Step 2: Prepare the pastry

• Using the heart cutter make the heart shape in the pastry and place on the baking tray

Step 3: Cook

• Beat 1 egg and glaze the pastry puffs

• Put the pastry hearts in the preheated oven for 10 minutes and keep at a high heat

Step 4: Prepare the toppings

• Finely chop the fresh strawberries'

• Whip the cream

• Squeeze 1/4 lemon juice into the cream and fold for some additional flavour

Step 5: Finish and serve

• Once the pastry has cooled use a spoon to pop the cream on

• Assemble the strawberries

• Grate lemon zest over and serve!