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Valentine's hearts

Valentine's hearts

The perfect dessert for a Valentine's meal. Just make one big strawberry, chocolate and cream heart and serve with two spoons

What you need: 

  • 1 Jus Rol Puff Pastry sheet
  • Beaten egg to glaze
  • Caster sugar for sprinkling
  • Crème Fraiche
  • 150g fresh Strawberries
  • 50g plain chocolate

What you do: 

  1. Preheat oven to 220ºC ( 200 ºC for fan assisted ovens ) Gas M. 7
  2. Unroll pastry sheet and cut out four hearts  
  3. Prick each heart with a fork, brush with beaten egg and sprinkle lightly with sugar. Place on a baking sheet and bake for approx. 10 minutes until risen and golden, allow to cool.
  4. Slice the strawberries, and split heart in half through its equator.
  5. Sandwich the heart together again with crème fraiche and sliced strawberries.
  6. Melt the chocolate and drizzle across the tops of the hearts, serve two per person with a few strawberries for garnish.

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Jus-Rol

Jus-Rol

Jus-Rol is the UK's pioneering pastry company, committed to providing the highest quality chilled and frozen pastry products. The product range includes ready rolled pastry sheets in both puff and shortcrust pastry, pastry blocks, as well as individual puff pastry rounds, large shortcrust pastry cases and handy pie lids.

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