Recently I started making pastries. I’m not able to make my dough from scratch as of yet since I don’t have the counter space. So for now I’m using store bought puff pastry, there is nothing wrong with that quite handy for a beginner like myself. I was eager to start and didn’t have all the ingredients for danishes so I made peach turnovers. Compared to the danishes I made this morning the turnovers were larger than life lol. Triangular shaped and huge. They came out amazing for my first time. The right about of seasoning/sauce, the only thing I would say was messed it was the ratio of fruit to pastry. With just these two large pieces I could’ve used a whole peach instead of half. Today I make three kinds of danishes Strawberry, Peach, and Guava. I wasn’t a big fan of the guava, idk it was like mildly sweet and tart. This was my second time making a guava danish. The first time (two days ago) I felt like there was too much guava paste so it didn’t have a chance to warm and melt completely. Today I used thinner slices and it worked out much better. Each danish consist of the fruit mixture and the cream cheese mixture. The strawberry just needs some sugar and cornstarch, where as the peaches can be by choice or the basic cinnamon, brown sugar, and lemon juice. Once the pastries are assembled and sealed you want to make some slits on top, they don’t need to be deep just enough to vent. Brush with egg wash before popping them in the oven. Baking for under 20m I had some delicious fruit danishes. I have yet to accomplish how to make like a glaze. I want to make something like the glaze of a donut but more with the consistency of the toaster strudel glaze. I’ll be working on perfecting a glaze that I can drizzle over the pastries
I’m excited to try other desserts and pastries. I’ve made box cakes I’m not a big cake person so I rarely make them now. I do love making brownies. But I feel like these are kinda basic, traditional if you will. I want to explore and push my limits. I’m not afraid of failing and having to try multiple times. I’m afraid of wasting the groceries lol and then throwing them out *clutches chest* Scary thought lol
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