Strawberry Napoleons
Easy Strawberry Napoleons are a delicious dessert that everyone will love. Flaky puff pastry layered with the easiest pastry cream and fresh strawberries.
Servings: 12 Pastries
Calories: 297kcal
Ingredients
- 2 sheets frozen puff pastry thawed
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 8 ounces mascarpone or cream cheese
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar + more for dusting
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pound strawberries sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Remove one sheet puff pastry from packaging and place on a lightly floured surface. Cut with a pizza wheel or sharp knife into 6 rectangles. Place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool on the pan and repeat with the other sheet of puff pastry.
- Meanwhile, make the pastry cream. Add heavy whipping cream to a large bowl and beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until it starts to thicken, raise to high speed, beating until stiff peaks form.
- Add mascarpone cheese or cream cheese, vanilla extract and powdered sugar to the bowl.
- Beat at medium speed until well combined. Cover and refrigerate until ready to assemble the pastries.
- When puff pastry has cooled, cut each pastry in half with a serrated knife.
- Spoon pastry cream onto the bottom half of each pastry and top with sliced strawberries.
- Place the tops of the puff pastry over the strawberries.
- Sprinkle powdered sugar over the tops with a mesh strainer if desired.
- Serve immediately or refrigerate, loosely covered with plastic wrap until ready to serve.
Notes
Sweetened Strawberries: Add 1/3 - 1/2 cup sugar to sliced strawberries if you want sweetened strawberries.
Storage: Store napoleons in an airtight container or covered with plastic wrap in the refrigerator up to 2 days. Best if eaten the first day.
Filling Variations: Use any fruit that you like to layer over the pastry cream. Blueberries, blackberries and kiwi are great options.
Topping: Drizzle melted chocolate over the top of each pastry if desired.
Recipe can be halved or doubled as needed.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 297kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 113mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g