Sunday, March 25, 2012
Today I decided to make a recipe called Apple Cheese Danish which comes from a blog called "A Cozy Kitchen." The pictures of this danish looked amazing and as you may have noticed from many of my previous posts, I love recipes with apples and cream cheese, so this recipe was right up my alley.
The recipe was quite simple to make actually. I started by making the cheese mixture, which is just cream cheese, ricotta, lemon zest, sugar, vanilla, and salt. Next, I peeled and sliced two apples (a granny smith and a gala), and tossed them with cinnamon, sugar and lemon juice.
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| Cheese Mixture Pre-Mixing |
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| Apples |
The next step was to prepare the room temperature puff pastry. I rolled out the dough on a floured surface and then cut the corners off the top of the dough. The next step was to cut diagonal strips down both sides of the dough, which will get folded over the filling later.
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| Prepared dough |
Once the dough was ready, I spread a layer of the cheese mixture down the center and top it with the sliced apples. The dough is "braided" over the filling by folding over the strips of dough from either side of the center (see photos below). Before the danish went into the oven, I brushed the top of the dough with a little egg wash to ensure that it would brown nicely in the oven.
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| Before folding the dough |
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| After "braiding" the dough |
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| Ready for the oven |
While the danish baked, I made the glaze for the top. The glaze is really simple to make; I just mixed together confectioners sugar and milk until a thick, glossy glaze is formed.
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| Glaze |
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| Apple Cheese Danish |
When the danish came out of the oven, I drizzled the glaze over the top while it was still warm, which made it look truly irresistible. I was blown away by the taste of this danish. The cheese mixture combined with the apples while it baked to make a delicious, tart filling. With the crispy puff pastry and sweet glaze to top it off, the danish was absolutely scrumptious. This could be served as a part of a special brunch OR for dessert. It is simply perfect and a MUST try!
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| Ready to eat! |
Stay tuned until next time :)
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