Dessert: Puff Pastry Purses
This dessert is quick, easy and decadent - though just a few bites! Anything combining chocolate with butterscotch is my first choice, but try another flavor of chocolate pieces if you prefer. It's a pretty little package too, all wrapped up in puff pastry, so it's perfect for guests (or impressing visiting parents!). After I served this at a DC party, one friend asked if I would include it on Transitional Cook -- so, Maudood, this one's for you... Enjoy!
Adapted from Chocolate Bundles - Pepperidge Farm
INGREDIENTS
- 1 sheet of puff pastry, thawed
- flour, for dusting work surface
- 3 oz. [84g] semi sweet chocolate pieces
- 3 oz. [84g] butterscotch pieces
- one egg, for egg wash
DIRECTIONS
- Unroll sheet of thawed puff pastry on floured work surface. Smooth seams and cut sheet in quarters to make four squares.
- Combine chocolate and butterscotch pieces in small bowl
- Put 4T [40g] of chocolate/butterscotch mixture in center of each square
- Brush edges of the squares with water
- Bring the corners of each square to the center on top of the filling
- Twist to seal and fan out corners of pastry
- Wisk egg in small bowl -- brush egg wash over pastry in thin layer
- Place each filled square on baking sheet
- Bake in 400 degree [204C] oven for 15-20 minutes until puffed and golden