Christmas puff pastry star with mascarpone cream

Puff pastry

1. Cut each sheet of puff pastry into a large star.
2. Prick the stars with a fork, brush with egg and bake at 200 °C for about 15 min, until risen and golden. Leave to cool.

Mascarpone cream

1. Beat the mascarpone with the icing sugar and vanilla.
2. Whip the cream and fold it in gently.

Assembly

1. Cover one star with the cream, put the other on top and decorate with more cream and strawberries.
2. Dust with icing sugar just before serving.

Nutrition information

Automatic estimate based on the ingredients

Nutrient	Serving ≈ 140 g	100 g	% IR*	Share
Energy	630 kcal	450 kcal	32 %
Fat	49 g	35 g	70 %
of which saturates	28 g	20 g	140 %
Carbohydrate	40 g	29 g	15 %
of which sugars	9.2 g	6.6 g	10 %
Fibre	1.1 g	0.8 g	—
Protein	7.6 g	5.4 g	15 %
Salt	0.8 g	0.5 g	13 %

*Reference intake of an average adult (8400 kJ / 2000 kcal). Approximate values, not accounting for losses during cooking.

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