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| Guava Paste, Lime and Cream Cheese Pastelillos |
Good quality puff pastry made with butter is now available in the frozen section at supermarkets and food stores
Makes 8
Guava Paste, Lime and Cream Cheese Pastelillos ingredients: 300 grams puff pastry. flour for rolling. 100 grams cream cheese at room temperature. finely grated zest 1 large lime. 150 grams guava paste, cut into 8 rectangles. 1 egg, beaten. caster sugar. Glaze: 1/4 cup icing sugar. 2 teaspoons milk. extra icing sugar for dusting
Guava Paste, Lime and Cream Cheese Pastelillos recipe
Preheat the oven to 180C
Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured bench and cut into 8 pieces measuring 11 cm square. Put the cream cheese and the lime zest in a bowl and mash together with a fork. With one of the pastry corners facing you, place a piece of guava paste diagonally over the centre of the bottom of the square. Take an eighth of the cream cheese and spread thickly over the guava paste. Brush the edges of the pastry with beaten egg and fold the pastry over to make a triangle. Crimp the edges with a fork to firmly seal. Place on a lined baking tray and chill until the pastry is very firm
To bake: Brush the triangles with egg and sprinkle with a little caster sugar. Bake for 15 minutes until the pastry is golden and crisp. Transfer to a cooling rack and cool for 20 minutes before glazing
Glaze: Combine the icing sugar with just enough milk to make a pourable consistency
To finish: Drizzle the glaze over the pastries and when set, dust with icing sugar. The pastelillios are best served on the day of making
