Dutch Cherry Bites

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 1 package of puff pastry, fresh
• 300 g flour
• 100 g powdered sugar
• 200 g butter
• 1 egg(s)
• 1 pt. vanilla sugar (Bourbon) (I think this is very important)
• some lemon(s) – zest, grated
• 100 g white chocolate coating OR
• Cream (vanilla cherry brandy truffle cream):
• 50 ml cream
• 1 pt. vanilla sugar (bourbon) (or better fresh vanilla)
• 25 g butter
• 150 g white chocolate coating
• ½ pack of cherry brandy
• 150 g powdered sugar, or more
• 1 pack of cherry brandy
• 1 tbsp jam, cherry jam/jelly without pieces
• possibly water
• some chocolate coating, grated white for decoration

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

fine pastry pralines, makes approx. 40 pieces

1. Dough 1 package fresh puff pastry. Cut out around 36 round biscuits and place on a baking tray. Either pierce the circles several times with a fork or score them lightly with a knife. These will be the lids for the biscuits. After all, you don’t want them to be too high. Bake them according to the package instructions until lightly browned. 2. Dough Sift the flour and icing sugar and mix with the remaining ingredients (egg, butter, lemon zest, sugar and vanilla sugar) to form a soft shortcrust pastry and then refrigerate for approx. 30 minutes. Then, using the same cutter as for the puff pastry, cut out small circles and bake in an oven preheated to approx. 180°C for approx. 8-10 minutes. CAUTION: DO NOT LET IT GET TOO DARK!!!! There are two alternatives for the filling: either a fine vanilla cherry brandy truffle cream or simply melted white chocolate. 1. Alternative filling: Melt 100-150g of white chocolate and spread it on the cooled shortcrust pastry cookies. 2. Alternative filling: Vanilla and cherry brandy truffle mixture. Bring the cream and sugar to a boil and melt the butter in it, then add the chocolate coating and cherry brandy to melt. Stir until creamy and refrigerate. Spread the cooled mixture on the shortcrust pastry cookies. Glaze: Make a glaze from the listed ingredients and spread it on the puff pastry cookies. Sprinkle with grated white chocolate. CAUTION!!!!! The cookies with the truffle mixture should also be eaten as soon as possible! If you’d like to let them sit for a while, use only the melted chocolate as the filling!