Description
Easter Puff Pastry Bunnies – Flakey puff pastry bunnies, filled with whipped cream, lemon curd and raspberries. Vegan and delicious!
Ingredients
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Ingredients for the lemon curd
- 3 tablespoons of corn flour + 2 tablespoons of water
- 100g of dairy-free butter/margarine
- 100g of caster sugar
- 170ml of lemon juice
- 3 small unwaxed lemons (zest)
- 100g of vegan condensed milk
- Pinch of turmeric (or drop of yellow food gel)
Ingredients (pastry and filling)
- 1 sheet of puff pastry ( I use JusRol vegan + gluten-free puff pastry)
- 10ml of dairy-free milk (you can use any dairy-free milk)
- 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar
- 220ml of dairy-free whipping cream ( I use The Coconut Collaborative Double Cream)
- 1 punnet of fresh raspberries
- Icing sugar for dusting
Instructions
Method (lemon curd)
- In a small bowl, add in the corn flour and water. Stir together into thick paste.
- Add the cornflour paste, dairy-free butter, sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, condensed milk and a pinch of turmeric into a medium sized saucepan.
- Place the saucepan on the hob and heat over low to medium, stirring constantly, preferably with a whisk. After around 5-8 minutes the lemon curd will thicken. If the curd isn’t thickening, turn up the heat and constantly whisk.
- Pour curd into a heat proof jar or bowl, cover and place aside to cool down.
- You can either put it in the fridge or keep it at room temperature to cool. Before you use it, give it a good stir as it will thicken.
- Transfer into a piping bag for ease, snip off the tip.
Method (pastry bunnies)
- Preheat oven to 180°C fan and line 2 large baking trays with grease proof paper.
- Unroll the pastry sheet leaving the baking paper underneath. This will prevent sticking. Use a rolling pin to slightly flatten out any wrinkles in the pastry.
- Use a bunny shape cookie cutter to chomp out the shapes. Watch the video for visual reference.
- Place on the baking tray, spread 3 inches apart (as they will spread / puff up).
- Brush the tops of each pastry with some dairy-free milk, and sprinkle over some sugar. This will help get a gorgeous golden colour to the pastry, along with making them extra flakey.
- Place into the middle of the oven and bake for 10 – 12 minutes or until the pastry is golden in colour.
- Once fully baked, remove the tray from the oven and allow to cool fully before filling.
Method (fillings)
- Whip up the dairy-free cream in a stand mixer fitted with a balloon whisk attachment or in a bowl with a hand whisk until thick, transfer into a piping bag fitted with a star tip nozzle.
- Use a sharp knife to cut each pastry in half, sideways.
- Pipe a swirl of cream into each pastry, topped with a swirl of the lemon curd.
- Place 1 – 2 fresh raspberries on-top of the cream. Place the top of the pastry on top, pressing down slightly.
- Dust each pastry with a dusting of icing sugar.
- Serve and enjoy!!
Notes
To store: Store the pastry swirls in a sealed container in the fridge, allow to come to room temperature before enjoying. Best served day of making. Best eaten 2 days of making.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10-12 minutes
- Category: pastry
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American