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Home » Recipe Index » Sweets » Cookies/Pastries/Bars

Fruit Puff Pastry Napoleons With Citrus Glaze

Published: Jul 2, 2012 · Modified: Jul 1, 2013 by Olga · This post may contain affiliate links

Summer desserts should be colorful, refreshing, light and fun. It's the perfect time of year to take advantage of all the fruit that's in season and incorporate all those delicious flavors into tasty treats.

The puff pastry dough bakes up into  hundreds of thin layers that are crunchy and feel as light as air, even though we know how much butter is in it:)! It takes about 15 minutes to bake - what a plus for summer baking, the less fuss, the better.

With a smooth a lusious cream cheese filling, and topped with sweet, juicy fruit, this is the ultimate dish for your next summer gathering, whether in your dining room or at a backyard barbecue, sandy beach picnic or a blanket at the park. I think the crowning glory of this dessert is the citrus glaze. It brightens and heightens all the flavors. Citrus makes everything better.

One of my cousins shared this recipe with my Mom and we've made it for many occassions. It takes almost no time at all to assemble, so you'll have more time for more important things, like swimming. You can even do most of the prep work ahead of time and take a few minutes to put the finishing touches on it at the last minute. You can bake the pastries and store them until you're ready to use them, make the filling and the glaze and refrigerate them also.

Yields: about 16 pastries

Ingredients:

1 large sheet of puff pastry  (I buy a big box from a restaurant supply store, where they are sold in large sheets, about 9 ½ inches x 14 ½ inches)

Filling:

1 (8 0z) package of cream cheese, softened

⅓ cup sugar

¼ cup heavy cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

Fruit:

1 lb strawberries, hulled and sliced

3 kiwi, peeled and sliced

½ pint blueberries

Glaze:

1 Tablespoon cornstarch

¼ cup sugar

½ cup water

½ cup orange juice (about 2 oranges)

2 Tablespoons lemon juice

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Unthaw the puff pastry. Cut into approximately 2 inch x 3 inch rectangles. Bake on prepared baking sheet for about 15 minutes. Cool. For the filling, in a chilled bowl and using a chilled whisk attachment, (I pop mine in the freezer for about 15 minutes) whip up the room temperature cream cheese with the sugar and vanilla. When it's an even consistency, pour in the heavy cream and whisk on high for a few minutes. Chill in the refrigerature until you're ready to fill the pastries. To make the glaze, in a small saucepan, mix the sugar and cornstarch. Add the water, orange juice and lemon juice, mix to combine. Bring to a boil, whisking frequently. Take off the heat as soon as the glaze thickens. Cool and chill the glaze in the refrigerator. If you want it to chill quickly, pour the glaze into a bowl or liquid measuring cup, and set it  in a large bowl or a sink full of ice water. It will cool down in minutes.

To assemble the pastries, use a butter knife to help you separate each pastry in half horizontally. Pipe the filling in the middle of each pastry. Place the sliced strawberries and kiwi and a few blueberries on top of each pastry. Drizzle the fruit with citrus glaze. The pastries are best eaten right away, but you can make them up to 2 hours ahead of time and keep refrigerated. Or you can prep all the ingredients ahead of time and assemble right before serving. You can also make this dessert into a cake. Bake the puff pastry, separate horizontally in half, fill with cream cheese filling, top with fruit and drizzle with glaze. You can make the pastries into any other shape too. Use cookie cutters or biscuit cutter to make circles, stars, hearts, etc.

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Comments

  1. Anna NUnes says

    April 29, 2016 at 10:04 am

    Where can I print a recipe for this?

    Reply
  2. Annie says

    March 03, 2016 at 2:26 pm

    can i bake the puff pastry night before and fill them next day?

    Reply
    • olgak7 says

      March 03, 2016 at 6:57 pm

      Yes, you can bake the pastries in advance. As long as you fill them the next day, the quality should still be just as great.

      Reply
  3. Tanya says

    February 18, 2015 at 4:54 pm

    Love this recipe! I have leftover glaze. Would you happen to know its shelf life? how long it can last in the fridge?

    Reply
    • olgak7 says

      February 18, 2015 at 10:31 pm

      I really don't know, Tanya. I've never had it for more than a day or two, since I usually make it for big groups of people.

      Reply
  4. oksana says

    January 16, 2013 at 1:13 pm

    Where did you get the large box of pastry sheets?

    Reply
    • olgak7 says

      January 16, 2013 at 11:18 pm

      I bought it at a restaurant supply store that we have here in our area.

      Reply
      • oksana says

        January 17, 2013 at 4:32 pm

        Can you give me the name of that store, maybe we have one here locally also?

        Reply
        • olgak7 says

          January 18, 2013 at 2:15 pm

          It's called GFS, Gordon's Food Store. I hope you have one nearby. However, if you don't have that particular store, search for other restaurant supply stores of stores where you can buy things in bulk.

          Reply
  5. Nataliya says

    August 28, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    Oh these were big hit past sunday at my local church! Everyone loved them! Thank you again for receipe!

    Reply
    • olgak7 says

      August 28, 2012 at 8:52 pm

      You're welcome, Nataliya! I'm glad you liked them.

      Reply
  6. Lea@ Leascooking says

    July 03, 2012 at 12:18 pm

    These are so cute. I was looking for good glaze recipe. Thanks Olga✿✿✿

    Reply
  7. anna says

    July 02, 2012 at 10:50 pm

    looks so good thanks olichka

    Reply
  8. Natasha says

    July 02, 2012 at 12:03 pm

    How much is in the package? is it 1 lb or more?

    Reply
    • olgak7 says

      July 02, 2012 at 7:57 pm

      As I already wrote in the recipe, I buy puff pastry in bulk, in a huge box with like 30 sheets of puff pastry. I never measured how much each sheet weighs. Each sheet is approximately 14 inches x 9 inches.

      Reply

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