Homemade Strawberry Pastries
Ingredients
For Pastries
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup cold butter cubed
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 5-8 tbsp ice water
- + flour for rolling
For Strawberry Filling
- 1 ½ cups fresh strawberries
- ¼ cups sugar
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
For Egg Wash
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp Belfonte Heavy Whipping Cream
For Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp Belfonte Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1 spoonful of Strawberry filling
Directions
For Pie Crust
- In a large bowl add your flour, sugar, salt, & cold cubed butter and using a pastry cutter or fork, combine it together. It will take a bit of mixing before it comes together. You can also use your hands to help break up butter.
- Once your mixture is combined and crumbly, add your vinegar and then your ice water 2 tbsps at a time mixing in between each one.
- When your dough comes together, form it into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap to chill for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375° F and line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
For Strawberry Filling
- In a sauce pan over medium heat add your strawberries and sugar and start to mash them together and let cook.
- Mix your lemon juice and cornstarch together and add to your mixture to help thicken it. Keep cooking until it bubbles.
- Once your mixture has thickened, remove from heat and let cool.
- On a floured surface with a rolling pin, roll out your pie dough until ¼ inch thick. Cut into squares or rectangles.
- Place one of your dough squares onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and fill with a spoonful of your filling.
For Egg Wash
- In a small bowl add your egg and heavy whipping cream and whisk together until well combined.
- Brush the edges with egg wash and add another dough square on top. Continue with the rest.
- Using a fork, crimp the edges of each pastry and then poke four holes into the middle of each pastry.
- Using a pastry brush, brush egg wash over your pastries and place in the oven at 375° F until golden brown. Remove from oven.
For Glaze
- In a bowl add your powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream and a spoonful of your strawberry filling and whisk until well combined.
- If glaze is too thick add more cream or a tsp of water. If it’s too thin, add more powdered sugar.
- Once your pastries have cooled, use a spoon to spread the glaze over your pastries.
- Share and Enjoy!!
Yields 8 pastries
