Easy puff pastry with figs and honey pistachios

The easiest puff pastry dessert you can imagine! Crispy, golden pastry with creamy cheese, soft figs, and sweet honey pistachios. Only half an hour and your delicious, sweet treat is ready.

This easy puff pastry recipe is a great dessert to serve for unexpected guests or when you crave something sweet, quick, and easy to prepare. It’s not only delicious but also beautiful, and no one will believe how simple this recipe is. 

Let’s be honest here, it’s not the healthiest, low caloric option. But you know what, as long as you don’t make this puff pastry every week it's not a big crime. Also, make sure you use good quality ingredients. Use either store-bought pastry dough (no judgement here) or homemade dough. Of course, it’s perfect if you can prepare your dough from scratch, but we all know… it’s not always possible. And today we go for the easiest option. Make sure your dough is thawed if using a frozen one. Also, choose a good quality store-bought puff pastry with butter instead of palm oil (check the label).

Salted pistachios can be overly salty, therefore I recommend using the unsalted ones and add a pinch of salt. This way, you can easily control the taste, and adjust it by adding more or less salt. 

Let’s just jump right in!

Easy puff pastry with figs and honey pistachios

The easiest puff pastry dessert you can imagine! Crispy, golden pastry with creamy cheese, soft figs, and sweet honey pistachios.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Baking Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 35 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Servings 6

Ingredients

  

• 1 sheet puff pastry
• 5 fresh figs
• 6 tbsp shelled pistachios (unsalted)
• 6 tbsp cream cheese
• 4-5 tbsp runny hone (natural)
• 1 egg (for egg wash)
• salt to taste

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 180°C.
• Roll out the dough, cut to obtain six rectangles, and place them on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
• Spread one tbsp of cream cheese on each dough rectangle (six tbsp in total), leaving about 1 cm on the edges.
• Finely slice the figs and place them on top of the cream cheese layer on each dough rectangle. In a small bowl beat the egg. Brush the pastry edges with the egg wash. Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
• In the meantime, finely chop the pistachios and combine them with runny honey and a pinch of salt. Divide your honey pistachios between the baked dough rectangles. Enjoy!

Notes

• If you prefer, you can remove the peel from your figs. 

Keywords puff pastry, figs, honey, pistachios

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