Last week on 7 Bites we used up the last of the summer peaches in a delicious bite sized recipe that tickled our taste-buds with the comforting warmth of peach pie. This week Suzette shares her step-by-step instructions for making and assembling these little gems!!
You will need:1 Peach chopped and combined with 1 cup peach butter and the juice of 1 lemon (alternatively you can use apple butter. You can also use apples instead of peaches!)
1 package puffed pastry1 egg for egg wash Flour for dusting the board A rolling pen a pizza cutter A spoon and fork and a pastry brush
Flour your board and lay out the thawed puff pastry. Flour your rolling pen and gently roll out the dough slightly. Cut puff pastry sheet into thirds, using the seems as your guide.
Use the spoon to spoon out 2-3 bits of peach mixture onto the dough about 1/2-3/4 of an inch apart:
Lay the second sheet of puff pastry on top ...
Then do this with your hands:
Okay ... this is actually Suzette using her hands to seal the pastry around the peach mixture.
Then cut them with your pizza cutter to make little ravioli-shaped bites.
Press the fork into the dough around the edges to seal them ...
Then lay them out on your baking sheet 1 inch (or so) apart.
Beat one egg in a bowl and use the pastry brush to brush the egg over the tops of the bites:
This makes them glistening and pretty!
Bake them at 425 until gently browned - about 12-15 minutes.
And Voila!
Aren't they cute??
And here's the actual recipe:
Peach Pie Bites
1 Large peach Chopped
1 lemon - juiced
1 cup peach butter
1 package puff pastry
1 egg for egg wash
Preheat oven to 425.
Thaw the puffed pastry, dust the board with flour, roll out the puffed pastry out till it is thin.
Cut each sheet of pastry into thirds.
Mix lemon juice with chopped peaches.
Add the peach butter to the mixture of peaches and lemon.
Place about a teaspoon of peach mixture on to the pastry as shown in the pictures.
Stretch the second strip of pastry over the first seal as if it is ravioli.
Then cut into pieces and press the edges with a fork to crimp to seal.
Beat the egg in a bowl with 3 tablespoons of water, brush over the pie pieces, this will make the pie pieces brown evenly.
Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray. Place the pieces about 1 inch apart on the pan. Cook for 12- 15 minutes on center shelf of the oven. Oven temperatures may vary so watch them closely the last 5 minutes.
