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Raspberry Crème Fraîche Puff

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Raspberry Crème Fraîche PuffRomulo Yanes
Cooks' note:

Thawed pastry keeps, wrapped first in wax paper and then in plastic wrap, chilled, 2 days.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    1 hr (includes thawing)

  • Yield

    Makes 1 serving

Ingredients

1 sheet puff pastry (from a 17 1/4-oz package), thawed
3 tablespoons crème fraîche
2 teaspoons granulated sugar
3 oz raspberries (1/2 cup)
Confectioners sugar for dusting

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 400°F.

    Step 2

    Unfold pastry sheet and cut a 3-inch square from pastry with a sharp knife (reserve remaining pastry for another use).

    Step 3

    Bake pastry square on an ungreased baking sheet until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer pastry to a rack and cool completely, then cut pastry horizontally into 2 layers. Stir together crème fraîche and granulated sugar until sugar is dissolved.

    Step 4

    Just before serving, put bottom half of pastry on a plate and top with crème fraîche and raspberries, letting some berries spill onto plate. Cover with top half of pastry and dust with confectioners sugar.

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