Blackberry Goat Cheese Puff Pastry Twists Recipe
Easy appetizer with homemade jam, tangy goat cheese and flaky puff pastry
Ingredients
- 1 package of puff pastry 2 sheets
- 2 cups blackberries
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 8 oz. goat cheese
- zest of 2 lemons
- 4 tsp. raw sugar
- 2 tsp. fresh thyme minced
- 1 egg
Instructions
- Combine the blackberries, water, lemon juice and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Smash the berries against the sides of the saucepan with a wooden spoon to break them up. Allow to cool to room temperature. (Jam can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator).
- While the jam is cooling, remove the puff pastry from the freezer and thaw at room temperature for 20-25 minutes.
- Using a rolling pin, roll one sheet of puff pastry dough out onto a floured surface in a rectangular shape. It doesn't have to be perfect. Crumble goat cheese and dot 1/2 of it evenly across the dough, followed by 1/2 of the jam.
- Make 12 horizontal slices in the dough, approximately 1" in diameter. Fold the strips in half from top to bottom, so that each strip is now half as long as it was before.
- Holding opposite ends of one strip, twist in opposite directions, gently pulling the dough to stretch it longer as you twist. Repeat this process with each strip and place onto a parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Repeat the above process with the second sheet of puff pastry.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine the lemon zest, sugar and thyme in a small bowl.
- Whisk the egg with 1 Tbsp. of water and brush the twists with the egg wash. Sprinkle the twists with lemon-thyme sugar. Bake 16-18 minutes, until golden brown. Allow to cool to room temperature before serving.
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