These Mini Almond Pastries have a deliciously smooth, sweet, almond paste filling and are wrapped in crispy, light puff pastry. Quick and easy to make, and perfect for a tea time treat.
These almond paste pastries are most delicious served warm from the oven, whilst they're still crispy and flaky from the layers of pastry.
For this recipe, I've used shop-bought frozen puff pastry sheets to save time and ease. However, you can also make your own pastry if you have the time. We recommend using our easy flaky pastry recipe.
These mini pastries are so popular, especially around the holiday season. When it comes to Christmas, I always make a few batches of these.
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You can decorate them with just a simple sprinkling of powdered sugar, or drizzle them with some melted chocolate. Perhaps throw some Christmas-colored sprinkles on them to make them very festive looking.
You can of course make these almond pastries any shape you like. For this recipe, we've simply rolled them as you would sausage rolls. It's easy enough to do and takes very little time.
They are wonderful served with a cup of tea or afternoon treat, and often these are offered along with a variety of other sweet pastries and dainty sandwiches for Afternoon Tea!
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes
Yield
48 mini pastries
Ingredients
2 sheets ready rolled puff pastry
12 Tablespoons ground almonds
9 Tablespoons sugar
9 tsp butter, softened
1 tsp almond extract
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup flaked almonds
Instructions
1. Put ground almond, sugar, almond extract, and butter in a bowl. Mix until it becomes a smooth paste.
2. Divide into 6 and shape into 6 long cigars. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill overnight or at least an hour.
3. Preheat oven to 200 C / 400 F.
4. Cut each of the pastry sheets into 3, lengthways, so you end up with 6 long strips of pastry,
5. Put the chilled filling in the middle of each of the pastry strips, and using some of the beaten egg, brush the edges of the strips to help the pastry stick when you come to fold it over.
6. Then start taking the strips one from each side folding it over the filling, gently pressing down so it is sealed.
7. Brush the tops with beaten egg. Sprinkle almond flakes over the tops and pat down the flakes so they stick to the egg wash.
8. Bake at 200 C / 400 F for 5 mins and lower the temperature to 180 C / 350 F and continue to bake for another 20 mins until golden brown.
9. Cool before dusting with powdered sugar or drizzle with some melted chocolate if you wish.
10. With each pastry, slice into 1 inch pieces. It is nice to slice in a diagonal cut. Then arrange them on a serving plate.
If you enjoy pastry, try our tutorials on how to make pie dough for flaky pastry, or our shortcrust pastry recipe, both so easy and quick to make.
We'd love to hear from you and what you thought of our almond pastries recipe. Did you make any changes or add some other goodies? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!
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Mini Almond Pastries
These Mini Almond Pastries have a deliciously smooth, sweet, almond paste filling and are wrapped in crispy, light puff pastry. Quick and easy to make, and perfect for a tea time treat.
Ingredients
- 2 sheets ready rolled puff pastry
- 12 Tablespoons ground almonds
- 9 Tablespoons sugar
- 9 tsp butter, softened
- 1 tsp almond extract
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup flaked almonds
Instructions
1. Put ground almond, sugar, almond extract, and butter in a bowl. Mix until it becomes a smooth paste.
2. Divide into 6 and shape into 6 long cigars. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill overnight or at least an hour.
3. Preheat oven to 200 C / 400 F.
4. Cut each of the pastry sheets into 3, lengthways, so you end up with 6 long strips of pastry,
5. Put the chilled filling in the middle of each of the pastry strips, and using some of the beaten egg, brush the edges of the strips to help the pastry stick when you come to fold it over.
6. Then start taking the strips one from each side folding it over the filling, gently pressing down so it is sealed.
7. Brush the tops with beaten egg. Sprinkle almond flakes over the tops and pat down the flakes so they stick to the egg wash.
8. Bake at 200 C / 400 F for 5 mins and lower the temperature to 180 C / 350 F and continue to bake for another 20 mins until golden brown.
9. Cool before dusting with powdered sugar or drizzle with some melted chocolate if you wish.
10. With each pastry, slice into 1 inch pieces. It is nice to slice in a diagonal cut. Then arrange them on a serving plate.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 48 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 52Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 35mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 1gSugar: 3gProtein: 1g
Nutrition information isn’t always accurate
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