Puff Pastry Baskets with Custard and Fruit

Name: Puff Pastry Baskets with Custard and Fruit
Ingredients: 500 g unleavened puff pastry; 1 egg white for brushing; 300 ml milk; 100 g sugar; 2 egg yolks; 30 g flour; 50 g butter; 1 tsp vanilla sugar; 1 kiwi; half an orange; 2-3 strawberries; 1 packet cake jelly glaze (optional)

Crispy puff pastry, the most delicate sweet custard, and juicy fruit — this is absolutely delicious, just sinfully good. I recently bought pastries like these at the supermarket, loved them, and decided to make my own at home. And it worked! Even better than the store-bought ones, actually. I hope you enjoy them too. This recipe made 8 pastries for me. If you don't have cake jelly glaze, you can skip it. The glaze holds the fruit in place on top of the pastry and gives it a shiny finish, but it doesn't add much flavor on its own.

Ingredients:

500 g unleavened puff pastry
1 egg white for brushing
Cream:
300 ml milk
100 g sugar
2 egg yolks
30 g flour
50 g butter
1 tsp vanilla sugar
Additional:
1 kiwi
half an orange
2-3 strawberries
1 packet cake jelly glaze (optional)

How to cook puff pastry baskets with custard and fruit

Thaw the dough ahead of time. Unfold and roll out slightly to about 4–5 mm thick (roll in one direction only). Cut into 12 cm squares (I got 8 squares).

Make cuts on each square, leaving two opposite corners uncut.

Separate the egg white from one egg and beat it lightly with a fork. Brush the squares with the egg white (this helps the edges of the pastry stick together during baking).

Take one corner and fold it over as shown in the photo.

Fold the second corner over the first. You should end up with something like a diamond-shaped basket.

Place the prepared baskets on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake in an oven preheated to 200°C for about 20–25 minutes.

Let the finished pastries cool completely.

Make the custard. In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine the egg yolks, sugar, vanilla sugar, and flour. Mix everything together thoroughly.

Add a small amount of cold milk and mix until smooth.

Pour in the remaining milk, stir to combine, and place over medium heat.

Stirring constantly, bring to a boil. The custard should thicken up nicely.

Let the custard cool until just warm. Add the butter (it will melt quickly) and beat well with a hand mixer. The custard is ready.

Prepare the fruit. Slice the orange into rounds, then cut each round into 4 pieces (you can remove the peel if you like). Peel the kiwi and cut into half-rounds. Slice the strawberries.