Pistachio Cream filled puff pastry
Ingredients – makes 2 dozens
Puff pastry roll
Crushed pistachio
4 tablespoons Simple syrup
1 tablespoon Butter
Simple sugar syrup – you can find the recipe under desserts – Semolina cake / Basbousa
Filling ingredient
½ cup milk
½ cup thick cream – قشطه / قيمر
½ teaspoon cardamom powder
2 tablespoons rosewater
3 tablespoons corn flour
3 tablespoons crushed pistachio
How to make filling:
In a saucepan add corn flour, add cold milk stir to dissolve, add rest of the ingredients, and constantly stir on low heat until thickened.
To assemble:
Cut 2 ½ inch wide puff pastry, then cut across to form squares, fill squares with ½ tablespoon of filling and fold,
Repeat process for all,
Brush top and bottom with butter, brush with syrup and place in oven at 200 C
For 10 min to 12 min or until golden brown
Once taken out of oven, top with syrup and pistachio.
Enjoy