Nutella Puff Pastry

These easy heart shaped Nutella Puff Pastries are perfect for your Valentine’s Day breakfast, brunch, or dessert! 

Making puff pastry is QUITE a process. To keep it hassle free I just buy readymade ones which makes it so simple and easy. 

After trying some savory recipes with puff pastry I was really eager to try something sweet…and what’s better than a Nutella filling. So gave this a try a couple of days ago and here I am with this new recipe!!!!

Also, with Valentines coming during the week and not much of time on hand these can be great goodies for your family.

The recipe really couldn’t be easier once you’ve got a block of puff pastry in front of you. Simply roll, cut out hearts, dollop some Nutella. Brush with egg wash, sprinkle some coarse sugar and just bake! Definitely best eaten warm, but let cool a little as that Nutella will be hot!

These puff pastry hearts are only two inches wide so makes up two or three for each person. As with most desserts using puff pastry, these are best served the day they are made.

Ingredients for Nutella Puff Pastry Hearts:

• Puff Pastry Sheet: one sheet of store-bought puff pastry will make a total of approximately 16 heart-shaped puff pastry (depending on the size of the mould) . Defrost the pastry in the refrigerator and not at room temperature if using a frozen sheet as it will get difficult to work with the dough.
• Nutella Spread: easily available in stores. You can substitute Nutella with any other chocolate spread or jam.
• 1 egg: the puff pastry should be brushed with a lightly whipped egg just before baking (this gives a glossy look to it). Vegetarians can substitute this with milk.
• Granulated Sugar: sprinkled with sugar prior to baking. This is totally optional. Just makes it look pretty!

Do give this a try this Valentine and surprise your loved ones.

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Nutella Puff Pastry

Recipe by TinaCourse: DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Yeild

16

Prep time

5

minutes

Cooking Time

15

minutes

Total time

20

minutes

Easy Nutella Puff Pastry Hearts. Perfect for Valentine’s Day breakfast, brunch, or dessert! Easily made with store-bought puff pastry sheets and ready in under 30 minutes.

Ingredients

• 1 (320 gms) Puff Pastry Sheet (defrosted)

• Nutella (as required)

• 1 egg, lightly whipped for brushing on the hearts

• 1 teaspoon granulated sugar to sprinkle over hearts prior to baking (optional)

Directions

• Preheat oven to 200°C. Sprinkle some flour on the pastry sheet and roll the the sheet to even out the crease.
• Cut hearts from a sheet of defrosted puff pastry.
• Fill the center of alternate hearts with Nutella.
• Place the unfilled heart over the heart filled with the Nutella. Seal the edges by crimping with a fork.
• Lightly brush the top of each heart with the egg wash and sprinkle with granulated sugar.
• Bake at 200°C for 15 – 20 minutes or till the pastries turn golden brown.
• Remove from oven and let them cool on a wire rack for about 15 minutes. Serve when they are still warm. Enjoy!

Notes

• Make sure to defrost the puff pastry sheet in the fridge and not at room temperature, as it will get difficult to work with the dough.
• After cutting out the hearts the remaining sheet can be further rolled and cut into similar shapes.
• Egg wash can be substituted with milk. Brushing the puff pastry with egg wash or milk makes the it glossy.
• Sprinkling sugar on the hearts is totally optional. Its just makes them look more pretty.
• To re crisp the puff pastry just keep in the oven at 200°C for 5 minutes.
• Once baked these puff pastry can be kept in room temp for upto 2 days in an airtight container.