Easy Puff Pastry Strawberry Tarts
These easy Puff Pastry Strawberry Tarts are the perfect sweet snacks that only need 4 ingredients and take 20 minutes to be ready.
Servings: 14 servings
Calories: 131kcal
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- ½ cup cream cheese , room temperature
- 3 tablespoon icing sugar
- 1 cup fresh strawberries , sliced
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup , optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment pepper.
- Mix cream cheese with icing sugar and set aside.
- Roll out the puff pastry sheet, use a cookie cutter to cut the sheet into 12-16 shapes (depending on the size of the shape). Transfer them to the baking sheet.
- Use a sharp knife to make a half-inch border from the edges (don't cut through the pastry).
- Now spread a tablespoon of cream cheese inside the board of each one.
- Carefully place the chopped strawberries on top of the cream cheese.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown and the edges are puffed up .
- Drizzle maple syrup on top (optional) and enjoy!
Notes
- Take care not to overstuff the puff pastries. They will end up exploding if there are too many fillings.
- If you buy puff pastries from the store, make sure that you thaw them before using them.
- Refrigerate the cream cheese mixture before adding it so that it is not runny.
- If the cream cheese you will use in making this recipe is a bit runny, it is possible to try adding corn starch to the filling. It thickens the filling up and prevents it from becoming soggy.
- Puff pastries lose their crispness over time, so they're better served fresh.
Some Variations
- You can add spices like cardamom and nutmeg to the filling. This adds a hint of warm flavours to the Puffs.
- Adding sour cream to the filling will make it taste like cheesecake which is another scrumptious flavour worth trying.
- You can use sweetened condensed milk instead of icing.
- If you would like to make your Strawberry Cream Cheese Puffs less sweet, you can make it in the form of a sandwich. Layer the cream cheese mixture and strawberries on a puff pastry, and lay another one on top of it.
- Adding lemon zest to the cream cheese mixture will give it a citrus dash which makes for an amazing flavour profile.
- You can substitute strawberries with any kind of berries. Just make sure that the fruit is not very wet; you will end up with soggy Puffs if it is.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 131kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Sodium: 75mg | Potassium: 28mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg