Fresh Fruit Cheese Danish

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (17 1/4 ounce) package puff pastry sheets, thawed
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup half-and-half cream
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• 1 lemon, zest of
• blackberries or blueberries or raspberries or strawberry
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 place the pastry sheets on work surface; cut each sheet into fourths.
• 2 have 2 baking sheets lined with parchment or silpat ready.
• 3 in a bowl, beat the cream cheese, half & half, egg, powdered sugar, and lemon zest.
• 4 divide the mixture among the 8 squares of pastry, placing the cheese in the center of each square.
• 5 top each with a tablespoon of fruit choice. cut a small slit in the corners of each pastry square, then fold the pastry over the cheese so that the center is exposed. sprinkle with sliced almonds.
• 6 bake in a 425* oven for 20 minutes or until golden.
• 7 remove from oven, sprinkle with powdered sugar, cool slightly before serving. the.
• 8 preparation time is an estimate.
• 9 enjoy !