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Puff pastry with apples and raisins – Italian Cuisine

»Puff pastry with apples and raisins


Soak the raisins in warm-hot water.
Wash the apples, peel them, remove the central core and cut them into small cubes, then season with cinnamon to taste and the brown sugar.

Unroll the puff pastry, make the circles with an 8-10 cm diameter pastry cutter (you can re-knead the leftovers, roll them out and make other circles), then with a smooth blade create 2 crescents 1-2 cm from the edge, as you can see in photo.

Arrange a few cubes of apples in the center of the rods, cross the 2 crescents by passing them over the filling, then complete with raisins (after having drained and then gently squeezed) and almonds.

Bake in a preheated convection oven for 10-12 minutes at 200 ° C.

The apple and raisin puff pastries are ready, let them rest for at least 10-15 minutes before serving.

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Apple strudel with puff pastry – Italian Cuisine

»Apple strudel with puff pastry


First let the raisins soak in warm water.
Wash the apples, peel them, remove the core and cut them into cubes, then sauté them in a non-stick pan with butter, brown sugar and a few drops of lemon juice for a few minutes, just long enough to soften them slightly and flavor.

Transfer the apples to a bowl and add the coarsely chopped walnuts, the crumbled biscuits (for a less sweet strudel, replace them with breadcrumbs), the drained and gently squeezed raisins, cinnamon to taste and the jam, and mix.

Unroll the puff pastry, arrange the filling in the center, then distributing it over the entire surface, leaving 1-2 fingers free along the edges.
Fold the 2 short sides towards the center.

Then close the strudel by folding one of the two long sides on itself until it reaches the other side, then seal the edges well.
Brush with a little jam, make some cuts on the surface (to let the steam out, so that the dough does not break) and cook for about 25-30 minutes in a preheated static oven at 200 ° C.

The apple strudel with puff pastry is ready: let it cool, then sprinkle with icing sugar and serve.

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Choux pastry mushrooms – Italian Cuisine

»Choux pastry mushrooms


First of all, prepare the cream (so that it has time to cool down well): put sifted flour, sugar and egg yolks in a saucepan and mix, then add the milk.
Start cooking over a low flame, stirring constantly, cooking until the cream has thickened (it will take about 10 minutes).

While the cream is still boiling, stir in the chopped chocolate, stirring until it melts completely, then transfer the cream to a bowl, cover with cling film and let it cool.

In the meantime, you can proceed to prepare the choux pastry: sift the flour, then put the water, butter and salt in a thick-bottomed pot and bring to a boil, then remove from the heat and add the flour all together, stirring quickly.
Put it back on the heat and stir until the dough comes off the walls.

Move the mixture into a bowl and let it cool well, then add the eggs, one at a time, adding the second only when the first is perfectly incorporated.

Transfer the choux pastry into a sac-à-poche with a star-shaped spout and create caps and stems of the mushrooms on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, spacing them a little from each other (remember that the hats and stems must be in the same number): for the hats, make rounds of about 4 cm; for the stems, make sticks that are narrower on one side (because they will have to enter the hats), about 6 cm long.
Bake for about 25 minutes at 200 ° C, in a preheated convection oven, then turn off the oven, open the door a little and let it cool down.

When both cream and cream puffs are completely cold, you can assemble your mushrooms: put the cream in a pastry bag with a thin spout, pierce the bottom of the hats with the spout and fill them with cream, then insert the legs into the little hole left. from the sac-à-poche.
As they are ready, arrange the mushrooms on a clean surface and finally sprinkle them with powdered sugar and unsweetened cocoa.

The choux pastry mushrooms are ready, you just have to serve them.

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