Miniature Camembert Walnut Pastries

Name: Miniature Camembert Walnut Pastries
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 170 grams Camembert (not runny), rind discarded; 1 large egg, lightly beaten with 1 tablespoon water; 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (from a 17 1/4-ounce package), thawed; 0 teaspoons fine sea salt; 2 teaspoons unsalted butter, melted; 35 grams 1/3 cup walnuts , finely chopped, toasted, and cooled

Miniature Camembert Walnut Pastries is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 50 minutes. Head to the store and pick up camembert, walnuts, butter, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the unsalted butter you could follow this main course with the Almond Milk Chocolate Pudding as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°F.

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Stir together walnuts, butter, and salt.

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Walnuts

Butter

Salt

Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 14- by 12-inch rectangle.

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Roll

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Rolling Pin

Cut out 40 rounds with lightly floured cookie cutter and discard trimmings.

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Cookie Cutter

Brush tops of rounds with egg wash, then sprinkle each with about 1/4 teaspoon walnut mixture and transfer to a parchment-lined large baking sheet.

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Walnuts

Egg

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Baking Sheet

Bake rounds in middle of oven until golden and puffed, 10 to 15 minutes, then slide pastries on parchment onto a rack to cool. (Leave oven on.)

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While pastries are still warm, gently pull each one apart to make a top and a bottom. Lightly press down any puffed inner layers on tops and bottoms if necessary.

Mash together cheese and toasted walnuts with a fork.

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Walnuts

Cheese

Sandwich a 1/2-teaspoon mound of cheese filling inside each pastry (between top and bottom), then bake in middle of oven on parchment-lined baking sheet (it's not necessary to use a clean sheet of parchment) until cheese begins to melt, 2 to 3 minutes. Season tops of pastries with pepper and serve immediately.

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Cheese

Pepper

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• Puff pastry can be baked and rounds separated into tops and bottoms 1 day ahead, then cooled completely and kept at room temperature in an airtight container. • Pastries can be filled (but not baked) 1 hour ahead and kept, loosely covered, at room temperature.

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Puff Pastry Sheets