Name: Palmiers
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Makes: 20 palmiers
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 150 ml / 5 fl oz whipped cream; 375 g / 13 oz prepared puff pastry; 45 g / 1½ oz caster sugar; 1 tbs vanilla sugar

Preparation info

Makes:
20
palmiers

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

Crisp, heart-shaped palmiers are, for me, a lasting reminder of Paris. I prefer these pastries quite plain to nibble with an espresso. But for an English tea-time palmiers sandwiched with thick cream are popular. While nothing beats home-made puff pastry, the ready-made all-butter kind is a great time-saver.

Ingredients

375 g / 13 oz prepared puff pastry
45 g / 1½

Europe
France
Pastry
Mediterranean
Vegetarian

Method

Sprinkle a pastry board or working surface with caster sugar. Roll out the puff pastry to make an oblong of 32 × 18 cm / 13 × 7 in., brush very lightly with cold water and sprinkle with caster sugar. W

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