Fast Desserts Recipes - Apricot Orange Puffs

Ingredients

• 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry

• 200g can apricot halves in natural juice

• 1/2 cup (125g) cram cheese

• 3 teaspoons caste sugar

• 1 teaspoon orange zest

• 1 egg whites, lightly beaten

• 2 teaspoons sugar

• 1 tablespoon apricot jam

• icing sugar, to dust

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to hot 220°C (425F°/Gas 7). Cut the pastry sheet into four squares. Lift four of the apricot halves out of the tin with a slotted spoon and drain well.

2. Place the cream cheese, sugar and orange zest in a bowl and mix well. divide the mixture into four and spread evenly over each of the pastry squares, leaving a 1 cm border all around.

3. Place one a apricot half, cut-side-down, in the centre of each pastry square and brush the edges of the pastry with a little water. Bring the corners together in the centre to form a pyramid and seal the bottom half of the edges by pinching them together. Fold back the top of the pastry corners to reveal the filling.

4. Brush the pastry with egg white, sprinkle with sugar and bake for 10 minutes, or until puffed and golden brown. Glaze with warmed apricot jam and lightly dust the edges with icing sugar. Serve warm.