Nutella® and Pampas™ Puff Pastry Christmas Tree
INGREDIENTS for 2 servings
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1 sheet Pampas™ Puff Pastry
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1 egg, lightly beaten for an egg wash
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¼ cup roasted chopped macadamia nuts
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200ml thickened cream
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½ tsp vanilla extract
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½ tsp CSR® Soft Icing Mixture for cream
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8 strawberries - diced
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1 tsp CSR® Soft Icing Mixture to serve
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30g Nutella®
How to make Nutella® and Pampas™ Puff Pastry Christmas Tree
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Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
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Whilst the Pampas™ Puff Pastry is still slightly frozen, use star cutters (or freehand) to create 5 different graduated sized stars to stack. Apply your egg wash to the pastry before popping in the oven to get a nice golden colour when baked. Place stars in the oven and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
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Whilst your stars are baking, whip the cream, CSR® Soft Icing Mixture and vanilla until firm. Put your cream inside a piping bag with a closed star nozzle. Chop your macadamia nuts and set them aside for later.
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Once the stars are cool, take the largest star and spread the edges with a tsp of Nutella®. Then, gently place the next size star and repeat. Go from the largest to the smallest. You can either spread the cream on each layer or pipe in the cream as a decoration once your tree is built. You can use a skewer to hold in place or use a star skewer for decoration.
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Chill slightly before serving so it holds shape. Then sprinkle with your chopped macadamias and diced strawberries. Dust with CSR® icing sugar.
