Miniature Camembert Walnut Pastries
Serves: 3
Madilyn Boehm
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
50
Spice
62
Sweetness
57
Sourness
45
mins
Prep time (avg)
4.6
Difficulty
Ingredients:
2 tsps
Unsalted Butter (melted)1 tsp
Fine Sea SaltDirections:
1
Make pastry: Preheat oven to 400°F
2
Stir together walnuts, butter, and salt
3
Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 14- by 12-inch rectangle
4
Cut out 40 rounds with lightly floured cookie cutter and discard trimmings
5
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
6
Bake rounds in middle of oven until golden and puffed, 10 to 15 minutes, then slide pastries on parchment onto a rack to cool
7
(Leave oven on
8
) While pastries are still warm, gently pull each one apart to make a top and a bottom
9
Lightly press down any puffed inner layers on tops and bottoms if necessary
10
Preheat oven to 400°F
11
Stir together walnuts, butter, and salt
12
Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface with a lightly floured rolling pin into a 14- by 12-inch rectangle
13
Cut out 40 rounds with lightly floured cookie cutter and discard trimmings
14
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
15
Bake rounds in middle of oven until golden and puffed, 10 to 15 minutes, then slide pastries on parchment onto a rack to cool
16
(Leave oven on
17
) While pastries are still warm, gently pull each one apart to make a top and a bottom
18
Lightly press down any puffed inner layers on tops and bottoms if necessary
19
Make filling while pastry bakes: Mash together cheese and toasted walnuts with a fork
20
Mash together cheese and toasted walnuts with a fork
21
Fill pastries: 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
22
Season tops of pastries with pepper and serve immediately
23
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
24
Season tops of pastries with pepper and serve immediately