Fig Puffs
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This simple and easy dessert features crunchy puff pastry filled with oozing sweet figs and mascarpone cheese.
Recipe type: Cookies, Baklava, and More
Serves: 6 fig puffs
Ingredients
- 12 dried figs, chopped
- 1 cup hot water
- 8 oz. mascarpone cheese
- [1/2] tsp. ground nutmeg
- [1/2] tsp. ground cinnamon
- 2 TB. honey
- 6 (4x4-in.) pieces puff pastry
- [1/4] cup whole milk
- 2 TB. sugar
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine figs and hot water. Let sit for 20 minutes. Drain any excess water from figs.
- To figs, add mascarpone cheese, nutmeg, cinnamon, and honey, and stir to combine.
- Lay out 1 piece of puff pastry, spoon 2 tablespoons fig mixture into center of puff pastry, and fold over one corner of pastry to the opposite corner, forming a triangle. Using a fork, press down along the side to seal pastry. Repeat with remaining pastry sheets and fig mixture.
- Place pastries on a baking sheet, brush with whole milk, and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let pastries cool for 10 minutes before serving.
Notes
Tasty Tip
These also make terrific breakfast pastries.
These also make terrific breakfast pastries.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 fig puff Calories: 503 Fat: 33g Saturated fat: 12g Carbohydrates: 48g Sodium: 128mg Fiber: 4g Protein: 7g Cholesterol: 48mg