Creme Fraiche and Guava Pastry Squares
- 2 1/4 cups cake flour
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, cut into 1/2inch pieces
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 6 level tablespoons creme fraiche
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 ounces guava paste, broken up
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, butter, sugar, and salt.
- With your fingertips, rub the mixture together, breaking up the butter, until the mixture has formed peasized crumbs.
- Add the creme fraiche and the vanilla and mix together just until a dough forms.
- Gather the dough into a ball and flatten it into a disk.
- Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- In a food processor, pulse the guava paste with the lemon juice until a smooth paste forms.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the pastry out to 1/4inch thickness and cut out thirty 2 x 2inch squares.
- Place 1/2 teaspoon of the guava paste in the center of each square.
- Dab a little beaten egg on the inside of one corner and on the outside of the opposing corner.
- Bring the two edges together until they meet and slightly overlap with the eggdabbed surfaces together, covering most of the paste.
- Press lightly to seal.
- Transfer the squares to a lightly oiled baking sheet and bake for about 25 minutes, or until the squares are just golden.
- Cool on racks and serve warm or at room temperature.
cake flour, unsalted butter, sugar, salt, creme fraiche, vanilla, guava paste, lemon juice, egg
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/creme-fraiche-and-guava-pastry-squares-recipe.html (may not work)