Puff Pastry Hearts with Apple and Cheesecake Cream

A wonderful Valentine's Day dessert — the romantics will love it.

Recipe author

Servings:

Puff pastry (yeast-free)

500

Apples (small, sweet-tart)

Honey (runny honey — or soften firm honey in the microwave for 10–15 seconds at 800 W, or use fruit syrup)

Cream cheese (curd-style)

100

Egg yolks

Sugar

Hazelnuts (8 nuts — or raisins, dried cherries, etc.)

Flour

Powdered sugar

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 9 % 4 g

Fats 33 % 15 g

Carbohydrates 59 % 27 g

268 kcal

GI: 15 / 56 / 30

Cooking method

Cooking time: 40 min

Step 1:

The ingredients you'll need.
Step 2:

For the cream, put the cream cheese, sugar, and egg yolk in a bowl.
Step 3:

Mix everything together until smooth.
Step 4:

Dust the work surface with flour, lay out the pastry, and roll it into a fairly thin sheet.
Step 5:

Cut out 8 hearts from the pastry with a heart-shaped cutter.
Step 6:

Peel the apples and cut them into quarters.
Step 7:

Slice each quarter into thin pieces about 1/4 inch (0.5 cm) thick.
Step 8:

Set the pastry hearts on a baking sheet and spread with the cheesecake cream, leaving a 3/4-inch (2 cm) border.
Step 9:

Arrange the apple slices over the filling in a heart shape, again leaving the border clear.
Step 10:

Place a nut, raisin, cherry, or the like in the center. Brush the apples with runny honey or any sweet syrup.
Step 11:

Bake the pastries in a preheated oven at 425°F (220°C) for 20 minutes.
Step 12:

Let the pastry hearts cool and dust them with powdered sugar. Enjoy your tea party — happy Valentine's Day!