Puff pastry strips with plums

Name: Puff pastry strips with plums
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 4 discs (à 75 g, 20 x 10 cm, from 450 g package) deep-frozen puff pastry; 1 Egg Yolk; 2 TABLESPOONS Whipped cream; 300 g Plums; 50 g Sugar; 1 package Vanillin sugar; 100 g Mascarpone (Italian cream cheese); 150 g Meat curd (low-fat curd); 1/2 TEASPOON ground cinnamon; 2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice; 2 TABLESPOONS crushed pistachio kernels; 7-10 Tbsp Flour; baking paper

AUTHOR
Rachel Vazquez

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
45 mins

TOTAL TIME
45 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 1

4 discs (à 75 g, 20 x 10 cm, from 450 g package) deep-frozen puff pastry
1 Egg Yolk
2 TABLESPOONS Whipped cream
300 g Plums
50 g Sugar
1 package Vanillin sugar
100 g Mascarpone (Italian cream cheese)
150 g Meat curd (low-fat curd)
1/2 TEASPOON ground cinnamon
2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice
2 TABLESPOONS crushed pistachio kernels
7-10 Tbsp Flour
baking paper

Directions

1
Place puff pastry slices next to each other on the work surface and allow to defrost. Lay on top of each other and roll out into a rectangle (25 x 30 cm) on a floured work surface. Fold the long sides over approx. 4 cm towards the middle. Cut the edges several times crosswise, prick the middle several times with a fork. Place the dough strips on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake in a preheated oven (electric range: 200 °C/ gas: level 3) for approx. 25 minutes.
2
Whisk the egg yolk and cream and brush the edges of the pastry with it 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time. Clean, wash and halve the plums. Remove stone. Bring the plums, 20 g sugar and vanillin sugar to the boil. Cook for about 5 minutes at medium heat, stirring continuously. Let the compote cool down. Let dough strips cool down on a cake rack. Mix mascarpone, quark, remaining sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice. Spread cream on the middle of the dough strip. Pour compote over it.
3
Let the compote cool down. Let dough strips cool down on a cake rack. Mix mascarpone, quark, remaining sugar, cinnamon and lemon juice. Spread cream on the middle of the dough strip. Pour compote over it. Sprinkle cake with pistachios. Results in 8 pieces