Pastelitos-Guava and Cheese Pastry
Pastelitos are a Cuban pastry made with puff pastry, guava paste and mascarpone.
Ingredients
- 1 box puff pastry-thawed
- 1 package guava paste
- 1 container mascarpone or cream cheese
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp granulated sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375' and lower rack to 1 notch below the bottom.
- Put parchment paper on a cookie sheet and then lay out puff pastry dough on cookie sheet.
- Slice guava paste 1/4" thick. You should be able to get 8 pastries from 1 box of puff pastry. Lay guava paste slices on top of puff pastry about 1" apart. See picture in the post if you need a visual.
- Put cheese slices or spread cheese on top of guava paste.
- Make an egg wash with your egg. You can add a little water if you want. Brush the egg wash between the guava paste on your puff pastry. Lay the other puff pastry sheet over the top. Similar to making ravioli. Seal the pastry sheets together pressing down where you put the egg wash.
- Using a pizza cutter slice your pastries apart into rectangles. Pressing to make sure you sealed the edges. Brush the egg wash on top of each pastry . Add some ventilation slashes to each pastry and top with granulated sugar.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown and puffed. Cool enough to handle them before eating. These reheat perfectly in the air fryer!
Notes
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