The Nutella Puff Pastry Heart is a sweet recipe for Valentine’s Day, but it can be prepared all year round since it is quick and delightful. The base of this dessert is puff pastry, a ready-made product that lends itself to many sweet and savory recipes and can be easily shaped. I decided to fill this heart with luscious Nutella, but you can also use jam or pastry cream, perhaps enriched with small strawberries.
- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Low cost
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Valentine's Day
- Energy 811.78 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 73.20 (g) of which sugars 19.03 (g)
- Proteins 10.13 (g)
- Fat 53.19 (g) of which saturated 14.85 (g)of which unsaturated 35.71 (g)
- Fibers 3.35 (g)
- Sodium 303.29 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 120 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 Puff Pastry Heart
- 2 sheets puff pastry (round or rectangular)
- 4 tbsp Nutella®
- as needed powdered sugar
Tools
- Cookie cutter
Steps for Puff Pastry Heart
On a work surface, roll out the first sheet of puff pastry and, with a knife, cut out the shape of a heart.
Repeat the same for the second sheet of puff pastry and create a small heart in the center without cutting it all the way through — this will be the part you should not cut; you can help yourself with a cookie cutter.
Remove the excess pastry and spread the four tablespoons of Nutella on the first sheet, slightly warmed in the microwave if it is too firm.
Then cover with the second puff pastry heart.
Cut strips into the outer pastry.
Twist each strip around itself.Bake in a convection oven at 356°F for about 25 minutes.
Remove from the oven, let cool and dust with powdered sugar, decorating with delicious small strawberries.
You can prepare this recipe in advance and keep it under a cake dome or in an airtight container until the next day; then you should consume it, otherwise it will lose its crispness.
A variation, as already mentioned, is to fill it with berry jam or pastry cream enriched with strawberries.
