Raise your hand if you’ve never tasted glazed pastries? I believe no one, they are delicious treats known practically by everyone, thanks to a well-known brand of sweets that has been producing them for many years.
The glazing technique is the same used for cakes, so a thin layer of glaze made with egg white and powdered sugar and a decorative pattern with jam as desired. I prefer apricot jam for this type of preparation, but you can use whatever jam you like.
I must confess that I was a bit afraid to prepare them, I thought I wouldn’t be able to make the crunchy glaze shell, but it turns out it’s a very simple recipe. The trick of using a small syringe instead of a pastry bag is simply genius and was given to me by my friend Maria from the blog Mabka without lactose, a volcano of ideas.
The design on the glazed pastries needs improvement, in the end, I did a zig-zag instead of small rhombuses, but the treat’s goodness is absolutely the same.
There are some recipes replicating the more famous commercial ones that I’ve prepared over time, all delicious and genuine.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Affordable
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 20 pastries
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 78.06 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 8.97 (g) of which sugars 3.73 (g)
- Proteins 1.01 (g)
- Fat 4.30 (g) of which saturated 0.61 (g)of which unsaturated 3.47 (g)
- Fibers 0.17 (g)
- Sodium 31.67 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 17 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for the glazed pastries
- 1 sheet puff pastry (rectangular)
- 1.23 oz egg white
- 2.47 oz powdered sugar
- to taste apricot jam
Preparation of the glazed pastries
Unroll the rectangular puff pastry and, using a pastry wheel, cut many strips about 1 inch wide. Then cut the strips into three parts, obtaining rectangles of 1×4 inches.
Mix the egg white with the powdered sugar in a bowl, you should obtain a mixture that is not too liquid and nice and smooth.
Using a teaspoon, spread a thin layer of glaze on each pastry rectangle.
Pour the apricot jam into a small bowl, mix it and if it’s too thick, add a splash of water.
Using a plastic syringe, draw zig-zag lines on the glazed pastries with the apricot jam.
Bake the glazed pastries in a preheated oven at 340°F for about 20 minutes, until they are golden brown.
Remove from the oven and let cool before serving.
Follow me on social media
my Facebook page my Instagram profile my Pinterest page
