Lemon Berry Puffs

"These are so delicious!! Great company dessert or just for the family to enjoy, very easy to do especially if you use frozen vol-au-vent shells."
 
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photo by Derf2440 photo by Derf2440
photo by Derf2440
photo by Derf2440 photo by Derf2440
photo by Derf2440 photo by Derf2440
Ready In:
42mins
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
24
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ingredients

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directions

  • Berry Sauce:

  • Make a slurry with the lemon juice and cornstarch. Bring the berries, sugar, lemon juice and cornstarch slurry in a saucepan to a boil over medium heat, stirring, until thickened. Cool to room temperature, set aside.
  • Pastry Puffs:

  • To make small puffs - Preheat oven to 425°F Roll the pastry thinly; cut into 24 - 3 inch rounds. Transfer rounds to ungreased non stick cookie trays. Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until puffed and golden; cool completely.
  • Larger Puffs:

  • Bake vol-au-vent shells according to directions on box. Cool completely, remove tops to cool too.
  • Lemon Filling:

  • Cook lemon juice, eggs, egg yolk, sugar and salt in a small, heavy saucepan over medium low heat, whisking for 10 minutes or until thickened. Whisk in butter until thick and creamy. Remove from heat. Cover the surface with a piece of wax paper or plastic wrap and cool completely. Fold in cream, or reserve cream to dollop on top under hat.
  • To Assemble:

  • If using small puffs, halve pastry puffs horizontally. Top the bottom half with lemon filling, or fill vol-au-vent, spoon berry sauce over and top with top of puff or if using cream here, dollop on top of berry sauce and top with puff top. Sprinkle with icing sugar.
  • Makes 6 large vol-au-vents or 24 small rounds.

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  1. I was a little confused about the directions on this. The directions say to "roll the pastry thinly" but I know from experience that if you roll it thinly, it doesn't look anywhere near as thick as the picture shown. And I couldn't figure out where the fillings would go (it seemed like they would just slide off the top). I rolled the dough out *slightly* and got 12 3-inch circles, and 12 2-inch circles to use as tops. After they were baked, I carefully tore a hole in the top of each of the 3-inch puffs, hollowing them out and discarding the scraps. Once hour before dinner, I filled the puffs with the fillings, and topped with the 2-inch circles. These had an great flavor and a very nice presentation. In place of the sugar, I used a little Stevia.
     
  2. Just made this recipe and certainly it tastes wonderful! I didn't have enough for 1/2 cup of lemon juice, so just diluted it with water and even so, the lemon flavour could still be smelt. The puff pastry I used was the cheap kind & so didn't quite puff up as much. I would consider turning this recipe into making a large slab, as I found with the smaller puffs, they tend to break off quite easily. Anyhow I would still consider making this recipe again!
     
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