Blackberry Puffs

Photo: flickr user leah.jones

Ingredients

1 sheet puff pastry (1/2 of a 17.3-ounce package)

3 cups blackberries (12 ounces)

2 tablespoons sugar

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the pastry dough into a 10-by-12-inch rectangle.

Use a sharp knife to trim the edges and cut the pastry into eight 3 x 5-inch pieces.

Put the pastry on a large baking sheet and refrigerate until firm, approximately 15 minutes.

Transfer the baking sheet to your oven and bake until the pastry is puffed and golden brown, about 12 to 15 minutes.

Let cool, then split each pastry horizontally.

In a bowl, mash the blackberries and sugar with a fork until juicy but still chunky.

Spread mascarpone on pastry bottoms.

Top with blackberry mixture and pastry tops.

Using prepackaged puff pastry dough makes these a simple yet elegant dessert.

8 servings

Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 3:57pm