Spicy Peach Puff Pastry
from a cozy mystery novel: Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander where main character Juliet works at Torte, a family bakery
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp butter
- ¼ cup sugar
- ½ cup dry white wine
- 1 lemon
- ½ tsp ground cloves
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp cardamom
- ½ tsp nutmeg
- 4 cups fresh peaches, sliced and peeled (frozen works too)
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1 package puff pastry dough
- egg white
- sugar in the raw
Instructions
- Remove pastry dough from the freezer. Jules likes to thaw hers by resting it near the stove while working on the filling.
- Peel and slice peaches. Warm butter in a skillet on low heat.
- Add wine, sugar, spices, and peaches.
- Grate lemon rind and squeeze juice into the mixture.
- Allow to simmer on low for 5 to 10 minutes.
- * If your peach sauce is too runny, mix one tablespoon of cornstarch with two tablespoons of water and add to the sauce to help thicken.
- Once pastry dough is thawed, roll out both sheets and cut into four squares.
- Scoop peaches onto one square.
- Then, fold another square on the top, pinching the corners.
- Brush with egg white and sprinkle with sugar in the raw.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes.