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Desserts · From the Freya kitchen

Dragon Fruit Cream Pastries

Homemade layered pastries filled with dragon-fruit pastry cream.

Dragon fruit cream pastry layers on a wooden serving board

Let’s make it.

  1. Place the flour and butter in a large bowl and mix.
  2. Add salt and knead.
  3. Add ice water as needed to achieve the desired consistency and continue kneading.
  4. Once the dough reaches your desired consistency, wrap it in plastic wrap and let it rest for about 25 minutes.
  5. To prepare the cream, add the 3 egg yolks to a saucepan and whisk.
  6. Add the milk and turn on the heat.
  7. Add sugar and butter and continue stirring.
  8. Add the flour and cornstarch, mix, and reduce the heat.
  9. Add your Dragon Fruit Spread and vanilla extract and continue stirring for 2-3 minutes.
  10. Set your sauce aside.
  11. Roll out your dough into a rectangular shape.
  12. Fold the dough into a square, then roll it out again.
  13. Repeat this process four times.
  14. Roll out your dough on a floured surface and cut it to your desired size.
  15. Brush with beaten egg and bake in a preheated oven at 374°F (190°C) for about 10 minutes, until puffed and golden.
  16. Remove from oven and let cool.
  17. Spread the prepared Dragon Fruit Spread over your puff pastry.
  18. Decorate as desired.

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