Carols Cream Cheese Guava Pastry
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Ingredients
- 1 large
- egg
- 1/2 Tbsp
- water
- 6 oz
- cream cheese, softened
- 1 Tbsp
- sugar
- 1/4 tsp
- pure vanilla extract
- 5 oz
- guava preserves or paste (about 2/3 cup)
- 1 Tbsp
- fresh lemon juice
- 1 sheet(s)
- frozen puff pastry (from a 17-1/4 oz package) thawed
How to Make Carols Cream Cheese Guava Pastry
- 1Preheat oven to 425 with rack in the middle.
- 2Beat egg with a fork, then put 1-1/2 tablespoons egg in a small bowl with water (1/2 tablespoon) and lightly beat to make egg wash.
- 3Put remaining beaten egg in a food processor with cream cheese, sugar and vanilla and puree until smooth. Transfer to a small bowl.
- 4Puree guava preserves with lemon juice in cleaned food processor until smooth.
- 5Put a baking sheet in the oven to preheat 5 minutes while you prepare pastry.
- 6Roll out pastry on a floured work surface with a floured rolling pin into an 11x7-1/2 inch rectangle. Cut rectangle in half crosswise.
- 7Transfer 1 piece of pastry to a sheet of foil. Spread cream cheese mixture in a 3-1/2 inch wide strip down middle of pastry, leaving 1-inch enerders on all sides.
- 8Dollop 2 rows of preserves lengthwise on top of cheese mixture, about 1-inch apart.
- 9Fold remaining piece of pastry in half lengthwise and put folded edge nearest you.
- 10Leaving a 1 inch border on sides and on sides and top with pastry, cut 1-1/2 inch long slits every 1/2 inch through folded edges to top border.
- 11Brush some of the egg wash around filling. Unfold cut pastry and lay over filling.
- 12Lightly press edges to seal and brush top of dough with some egg wash.
- 13Bake on foil on hot baking sheet until puffed and golden brown, 25-30 minutes. Transfer pastry to a rack to cool completely.
