Yummy Almond Pastry Dessert

I came up with this as an excuse to use up a sheet of puff pastry in my freezer as well as a good reason to eat almonds. :)

1 sheet puff pastry
1/2 c sliced almonds
1/2 c sugar
1 egg beaten (egg wash)
1 tspn vanilla
1 c whipping cream

powdered sugar for dusting

Preheat your oven to 375F.

Place the puff pastry on a sheet of wax paper cut to fit your baking sheet. Cut the puff pastry into any shape you prefer but keep them to under 3"x3". I did rectangles of approximately 2"x3". Brush with egg wash and sprinkle on almonds, making sure to cover each one and making sure that they are flat (only 1 layer of almonds). Sprinkle tops lightly with sugar. This will make them candy coated when they are done. Put into preheated oven for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown and sugar has melted to the almonds. Meanwhile, beat up whipping cream with whisk until soft peaks form. Add in rest of sugar to the cream and vanilla. Beat until stiff peaks.

Let the almond pastry cool completely. This will harden the sugar on the almonds and allow for the cream not to melt.

Place an almond pastry on a plate and top with a heaping spoonful of whipped cream. Enjoy!

Me making the pastries

Pastries!

Olivier's dessert

My dessert