Welcome!! Deronda here with foods 101. Valentine's Day is next week. I want
to show you how to make this six ingredient puff pastry dessert filled
whipping cream and garnished with fresh berries...your choice.
The ingredients you're going to need is 1 cup of heavy whipping cream, 1/2 teaspoon
of pure vanilla extract, 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar (you're
going to need extra for dusting the top of your puff pastry once baked,
and I'll show you how to do that later), 1 box of puff pastry sheets,
strawberries, blueberries, and/or raspberries. I'm gonna leave that up to you. Let me show
you how we're gonna cut our puff pastries out in heart shapes. On a flat
surface I'm going to lightly dust it with a little flour. I've removed my puff
pastry from the package. I'm going to unfold it. There are pieces
of paper to keep it from sticking together. Remove each one. With a
rolling pin I'm gonna to roll it out until it's nice and smooth. Be sure to
follow the directions on your puff pastry package on how to thaw. With a
heart-shaped cookie cutter. I'm going to be again making heart
shape shapes. They'll pop right out. I'm gonna lie this over on a
cookie sheet that I've lined with parchment paper.
It makes the cleanup easier, plus it keeps the bottoms of your puff pastry
nicely light and golden. I got eight heart-shaped puff pastries out of my
three and a half by three inch heart shaped cookie cutter. If you use a smaller
cookie cutter you're going to of course get more. If you use a larger cookie
cutter of course you're going to get less. Let's get these transferred over
to the cookie sheet. These are off to a 400 degree preheated oven (Fahrenheit)
on the middle rack for 15 minutes. Use your timer and no peeking. Here's our
lovely little golden puff pastry hearts. We're gonna let these cool here on the
cookie tray for the next 2-3 minutes. Immediately, remove them
over here to the cooling rack. They're not very warm, so that's why
I'm handling it with my hands. Cool completely. In a medium-sized bowl I'm
adding my chilled whipping cream. Make sure to keep your whipping cream
chilled, 3 tablespoons of the powdered sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of pure
vanilla extract. Combine these three ingredients using a whisk or beater.
Until you get lovely soft peaks. I'm using a hand-mixer
on medium speed. I'm going to whip this until we get these lovely
nice soft peaks. It will take about 2 to 3 minutes. Once it's looking
like this. See these lovely soft peaks... I'm gonna show you what it
looks like here on a fork. See it's hanging on to that fork? Cover and chill
until you're ready to use the whipped cream. Perfectly sweet. Be sure not to
over whip, because it'll turn to butter. Assemble these puff pastries right before
serving. First we're going to cut them in half. Add the bottom part to your serving
dish. Add about 2 to 3 tablespoons of your whipped chilled cream. If you'd like
to add diced berries, here to the center, you may now. Add the
top pastry half. I'm going to garnish with the a strawberry that I've cut in segments.
Pull apart. I'm dusting with a light coating of powdered sugar.
Look how beautiful and lovely this Valentine's Day dessert is going to be.
Anyone will absolutely love it. By the way you can even dust with a little
cocoa powder. Whatever you'd like to do... you be my guest!!
I've been adding a little bit of a cocoa powder. I want to cut this in half.
It's nice and light. That whipping cream is coming out around the edges.
Gotta give this a lovely little taste. YUM. Light, decadent, and that lovely
little sprinkle of cocoa takes this to another level of flavor. Fantastic!!
Have a little slice of strawberries. As you can see when you
fan them in slices they're all these little pieces of
strawberries. Perfect every time. I'm gonna come over here get a little slice
of strawberries. You can't say Happy Valentine' Days better than you could with
this dessert. It's perfectly delicious. I'm Deronda with foods 101.
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Thanks a million for watching and I'll catch you lovely people later...