Pastry Shapes With Berries And Cream

Total Time: 21 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 6 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 sheet pre-rolled flakey puff pastry
• 2 cups berries (all one kind or mixed)
• 1 -2 tablespoon caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons orange juice (or liqueur of choice)
• 300 ml cream
• 2 -3 drops vanilla essence
• 1/2 teaspoon caster sugar
• 1/2 orange (grated rind of)
• icing sugar or powdered sugar, to dust

Recipe

• 1 pre heat oven to 200'c.
• 2 while the oven heats cut out pastry shapes.
• 3 arrange on a baking sheet and chill til oven is ready.
• 4 bake for 5-6 mins until puffed and golden brown.
• 5 remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.(you can do this well in advance).
• 6 for filling:.
• 7 hull and quarter any large berries and place in a bowl.
• 8 sprinkle in the sugar using smaller amount first & then check for sweetness. use more if needed. then add the orange juice or liqueur.
• 9 whip the cream with the second measure of sugar, the vanilla essence, and the orange rind until soft peaks form.
• 10 assemble just before serving by carefully splitting the pastry shapes into two layers.
• 11 place bottom layer on a flat plate and cover with a generous spoon of the berries. top this with whipped cream then carefully place on the pastry top.
• 12 sieve over a little icing sugar and serve.