Today I decided to try my hand at "quick" Danish pastry. Granted there was no repeated turning and refrigerating, but it was still not MY definition of "quick"!! The dough is quickly mixed in a food processor.
(My Cuisinart is 28 years old, still running strong, although the plastic bits and pieces are getting a bit fatigued. Just got a, new to me, used metal blade in the mail today. Gotta love ebay for such items.)
The dough is certainly enriched, with eggs and ricotta cheese. A quick rest in the fridge and it gets rolled out. I decided to try 2 different fillings. The first filling uses dried apricots, cooked with water and rum! Mmmmm, rum. The second filling was cream cheese. I just love a little of both in each bite, so had to combine. 4 inch squares of dough are filled with a generous spoonful of each filling, folded up, egg washed and a light flurry of sliced almonds added just before going into a hot oven. Then, hot out of the oven, a brush of apricot glaze, then a drizzle of icing.
These were pretty tasty. Not lots of crispy layers of dough, but a satisfying mouth feel all the same.
Here's a picture of a couple of them..
More dough in the fridge to mess around with tomorrow. Practice practice practice!!
Also, today I made 2 Italian baguettes; they were very puffy. Good flavor, need to try it again as it was a very wet dough. The wet dough should give this loaf a pretty good shelf life though. So many breads, so little time!
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