Apricot Puffs

Have a sudden craving for dessert or need a quick dessert for lazy Saturday afternoon? Try this recipe and I promise you gonna love it. This apricot puffs are very easy to make and taste fantastic.

Apricot Puffs

3 sheets ready-rolled puff pastry
825 gram can halves apricot in natural juice

125 gram cream cheese

3 teaspoon caster sugar

1 egg white, lightly beaten

1 tablespoon apricot jam

icing sugar to dust (optional)

1. Preheat the oven to hot 220C (425F/Gas 7). Cut one pastry sheet into 9 squares. Drain the apricot.

2. Place the cream cheese and sugar in a bowl and mix well. Divide the mixture into 27 and spread evenly over each of the pastry squares, leaving a 1 cm border all around.

Place one apricot half, cut-side-down, in the centre of each pastry square and brush the edges of the pastry with a little water.

Bring the corners together in the centre to form a pyramid and seal the bottom half of the edges by pinching them together.

Fold back the top of the pastry corners to reveal the filling.

3. Brush the pastry with egg white, sprinkle with sugar and bake for 10 minutess, or until puffed and golden brown. Glaze with warmed apricot jam and lightly dust the edges with icing sugar. Serve warm.