Pampas™ Puff Pastry Christmas Tree with Nutella®
Elevate your festive desserts with this stunning Puff Pastry Tree. Layered with Nutella®, whipped vanilla cream and fresh strawberries, it's a delicious centrepiece that brings a touch of celebration to any Christmas table.
Ingredients
- 1 sheet Pampas™ Puff Pastry, thawed
- 1 egg, lightly beaten for an egg wash
- ¼ cup roasted macadamia nuts, chopped
- 200ml thickened cream
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp CSR® Soft Icing Mixture for cream
- 8 strawberries - diced
- 1 tsp CSR® Soft Icing Mixture to serve
- 30g Nutella®
Method
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Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
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Whilst the Pampas™ Puff Pastry is still slightly frozen, use star cutters (or freehand) to create 5 different graduated sized stars to stack. Brush pastry stars with egg wash, then bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
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Whilst your stars are baking, whip the cream, CSR® Soft Icing Mixture and vanilla until firm. Put your cream inside a piping bag with a closed star nozzle. Chop your macadamia nuts and set them aside for later.
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Once the stars are cool, take the largest star and spread the edges with a tsp of Nutella®. Then, gently place the next size star and repeat. Go from the largest to the smallest. You can either spread the cream on each layer or pipe in the cream as a decoration once your tree is built. You can use a skewer to hold in place or use a star skewer for decoration.
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Chill slightly before serving so it holds shape. Then sprinkle with your chopped macadamias and diced strawberries. Dust with CSR icing sugar.
