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Freshly baked pastries with golden-brown flaky crusts are cooling on a wire rack. Each pastry is filled with a halved apricot, showcasing vibrant orange fruit against the light, crisp dough. The pastries are evenly spaced on the rack.
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Apricot Pastry Recipe | Easy Apricot Dessert

Prep Time40 minutes
WORK TIME20 minutes
Cuisine: French
Servings: 6 yields

Ingredients

  • 300 g Ricotta Cheese
  • ¼ cup 50g Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
  • Orange zest
  • Lemon zest
  • 2 tablespoons Ground almonds
  • Puff pastry
  • Canned apricots
  • 1 egg beaten

Instructions

  • DIRECTIONS
    1. Preheat oven to 400F (200C)
    2. Prepare the filling: in a large bowl, mix ricotta, sugar, ground almonds, vanilla bean paste, orange zest and lemon sext. Set aside
    3. Cut the puff pastry into 5-inch (13cm) squares.
    4. Place puff pastry squares on a floured surface and rotate it to a diamond shape facing you, spread 2 tablespoon of the filling in the center. Gently spread it, leaving a 1/2-inch (1 cm) border all the way around. Place 2 halved apricots, cut side down, at the edge of the filling.
    5. Brush the edges with beaten egg. Fold the opposite points of the dough over the apricots.
    6. Transfer to a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Brush the dough with beaten egg.
    7. At this stage you can refrigerate the pastries up to 1 day, until ready to bake.
    8. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
    9. Allow to cool on a wire rack before serving.

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