These pastry cups are intriguing desserts with a hazelnut-based dough and a berry and custard filling. Filled with fresh strawberries and blueberries, these pastry cups make a delicious summertime dessert.
To make the pastry cups, you first make a dough with butter, powdered sugar, egg, ground hazelnuts, vanilla, and flour until combined. Then, they get arranged into cups before being baked in the oven. After that, once cooled, they are filled with custard, blueberries, strawberries, and whipped cream before being served.
What are Pastry Cups?
Pastry cups are an intriguing dessert containing a hazelnut-based dough. They are filled with custard, fresh strawberries, blueberries, and whipped cream making them a perfect dessert for the summer.
Pro Tips
- You can bake the cups in any cups or mugs that you own, as long as they are oven safe. Alternatively, you can use a muffin tin to bake the cups.
- To melt the chocolate, you can place it in a bowl over a pot of simmering water or you can melt it in a bowl in the microwave.
- For the custard, you can feel free to make your own from scratch or you can use a store-bought version.
- Choose fresh ripe berries for the best flavor.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I Use Another Type of Fruit for the Pastry Cups?
Absolutely! If you would prefer not to use strawberries or blueberries, blackberries and raspberries would make a good replacement. Alternatively, you could use pitted cherries or sliced apricots or plums.
Can the Hazelnut Flour Be Replaced With Another Type of Nut Flour?
Yes, if you don’t have hazelnut flour on hand or someone is allergic, you could replace it with almond flour.
Can the Pastry Cups Be Made Ahead?
Absolutely, you could make them up to 1 day ahead of time. Just make sure that you add enough powdered sugar to the whipped cream to help stabilize it while the cups sit in the fridge.
How to Store Pastry Cups
The pastry cups can be stored on a covered platter in the fridge. It is best to serve them within 1 day to ensure that the whipped cream doesn’t deflate before serving.
Ingredients
How to Make Pastry Cups
In a bowl, mix the butter with the powdered sugar, egg, ground hazelnuts, vanilla extra, and flour until combined.
In a bowl, mix the butter with the powdered sugar, egg, ground hazelnuts, vanilla extra, and flour until combined.
Grease oven safe cups and press the dough into them to form the cups. Bake them in a 340 F (150 C) oven for 30 minutes.
Grease oven safe cups and press the dough into them to form the cups. Bake them in a 340 F (150 C) oven for 30 minutes.
To make handles for the cups, roll out portions of the dough and cut them into squares. Cut the square into four smaller squares and then into eight triangles. Bake them in the oven at the same time as the cups.
To make handles for the cups, roll out portions of the dough and cut them into squares. Cut the square into four smaller squares and then into eight triangles. Bake them in the oven at the same time as the cups.
Dip the handles into melted chocolate and attach each one to a cup.
Dip the handles into melted chocolate and attach each one to a cup.
Pipe custard into each cup. Top them with the strawberries and blueberries.
Pipe custard into each cup. Top them with the strawberries and blueberries.
Pipe the whipped cream on top.
Pipe the whipped cream on top.
Serve and enjoy!
Serve and enjoy!
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