Blackberry Cream Cheese Puff Pastry: A Pressure Cooker Treat
A flaky, golden puff pastry filled with luscious cream cheese and tangy blackberry filling, made extra easy using your pressure cooker. Ideal for dessert or weekend breakfast!
Equipment
- 1 Mixing bowl for cream cheese mixture
Ingredients
Main ingredients
- 2 Puff pastry sheets thawed
- 1 cup Fresh blackberries fresh preferred, thawed if frozen
- ⅛ cup Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Water
- 1½ teaspoons Cornstarch
- 4 ounces Cream cheese room temperature
- ¼ cup Sugar for cream cheese mixture
- 1 Egg yolk
- ½ teaspoon Lemon juice for cream cheese mixture
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract for cream cheese mixture
- 1 Large egg for egg wash
- 1½ teaspoons Water for egg wash
- ½ cup Powdered sugar for glaze
- 1½ tablespoons Lemon juice for glaze
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla extract for glaze
Instructions
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a small saucepan, combine blackberries, sugar, lemon juice, and water. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes until berries break down.
- Mix cornstarch with a splash of cold water and add to the berry mixture. Stir and cook for another 1-2 minutes until thickened. Remove from heat and let cool.
- In a bowl, beat cream cheese until fluffy. Add sugar, egg yolk, lemon juice, and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
- Unfold puff pastry on a floured surface. Spread half the cream cheese mixture on each sheet, leaving a ½ inch border.
- Spoon cooled blackberry filling evenly over the cream cheese. Fold each pastry sheet in half lengthwise and seal the edges.
- Cut folded pastry into 1-inch strips. Twist and place on the lined baking sheet.
- Whisk egg with water for the wash and brush each twist. Bake for 15–18 minutes or until golden.
- Let pastries cool slightly on the tray or wire rack.
- Mix powdered sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla to make glaze. Drizzle over cooled pastries and serve.
Notes
Best served fresh. Reheat in toaster oven at 350°F for 5–7 min. Can be frozen in foil for later enjoyment!