The puff pastry hearts with mascarpone cream are delicious treats, heart-shaped vol-au-vents filled with mascarpone cream and Nutella, plenty of crunchy crumbs and colorful sprinkles.
These flaky hearts are very tasty and quickly prepared, the result is truly surprising, they are perfect for Valentine’s Day and other special occasions like Mother’s Day, anniversaries, a special thought made with love!
For a romantic lunch or dinner for two, it is the perfect and romantic dessert to surprise and entice your loved one, in fact, you can also make two recipes, the sweet and savory version, using creamy cheese with salmon or shrimp.
The recipe is very simple, just a ready-made puff pastry roll and a quick no-cook cream, you can even prepare them a day before and fill them half an hour before serving.
Watch the video recipe below and you will realize that they are really simple but very scenic!
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 6-8
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients for Puff Pastry Hearts with Mascarpone Cream
Heart-shaped cutters of various sizes can be found here
- 1 roll puff pastry
- 1 egg (small)
- as needed hazelnut crumbs
- as needed pistachio crumbs
- 2.8 oz mascarpone
- 1 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp hazelnut cream (abundant)
- as needed red sprinkles and confetti
- as needed powdered sugar
Tools
- Cutter – large heart shape
- Cutter – small heart shape
- Baking tray
- Bowl
- Brush
- Oven
- Piping bag
Preparation for Puff Pastry Hearts with Mascarpone Cream
Unroll the puff pastry, and with the large heart cutter, cut out about 18 hearts.
With the smaller heart cutter, cut out 12 borders for our vol-au-vents. For each vol-au-vent, you will need a whole base plus two cutout shapes, so remove the central part and leave only the border.Place 6 large whole hearts on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, brush the edges with beaten egg, place the first border on top, brush again, and then place the last and second border on top, continue like this with the other hearts, brush the last layer as well and sprinkle the edges with the crumbs.
Also place the small hearts cut from the border, gather and roll out the leftover dough and make simple hearts, brush these as well and then sprinkle with the crumbs.
Bake the puff pastry hearts in a preheated fan oven at 392°F for the first 5 minutes, then lower the temperature to 356°F and continue baking for another 10 minutes or so. When they are well browned, turn off the oven and let cool.
In the meantime, prepare the mascarpone and Nutella cream.
In a bowl, pour the mascarpone, powdered sugar, and an abundant tablespoon of hazelnut cream or Nutella, mix and combine everything well.
Then fill a piping bag with a large star tip.
Try also some mixed creams here.
Take the puff pastry hearts, pierce the center slightly with a fork, fill with dollops of cream, sprinkle with pistachio and hazelnut crumbs, and garnish with red sprinkles and confetti according to taste with powdered sugar.
The puff pastry hearts with mascarpone cream are ready to be served.
Tips and Variations
The puff pastry hearts can be filled with other ingredients according to your tastes, with ricotta, cream, or other creams.
You can also prepare the savory version by filling the hearts with creamy cheese and salmon or shrimp or other.
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The puff pastry hearts can be filled with other ingredients according to your tastes, with ricotta, cream, or other creams.
You can also prepare the savory version by filling the hearts with creamy cheese and salmon or shrimp or other.
This article contains one or more affiliate links.
The puff pastry hearts can be filled with other ingredients according to your tastes, with ricotta, cream, or other creams.
You can also prepare the savory version by filling the hearts with creamy cheese and salmon or shrimp or other.
This article contains one or more affiliate links.
The puff pastry hearts can be filled with other ingredients according to your tastes, with ricotta, cream, or other creams.
You can also prepare the savory version by filling the hearts with creamy cheese and salmon or shrimp or other.
This article contains one or more affiliate links.
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