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Strawberry Pastries

Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients



• 1 sheet (from a 17-1/4-oz. pkg.) frozen puff pastry *
  
• 1 (3.4-oz.) pkg. instant French vanilla pudding
  
• 1 cup lowfat milk
  
• 1 cup vanilla nonfat yogurt
  
• 2 pints fresh strawberries
  
• 3 Tbsp confectioners' sugar
  






Instructions



1. Remove frozen puff pastry from package. Do not unfold. Thaw at room temperature for at least 20 minutes.
   
   
2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees (F). On a work surface, gently unfold pastry. Cut into 4 strips, 2-1/4-inches wide. Cut each strip crosswise into 3 pieces. Bake on an ungreased baking sheet until puffed and golden, about 12 to 15 minutes. Place baking sheet on a wire rack to cool.
   
   
3. Prepare pudding according to package directions, but use 1 cup lowfat milk and 1 cup of French vanilla nonfat yogurt in place of the liquid called for.
   
   
4. Using a serrated knife, halve pastries horizontally. Hull and slice strawberries. Place the bottom halves of pastries on serving plates. Spoon about 3 tablespoons of pudding onto bottom halves of pastries. Spoon berries over pudding; cover with pastry tops.
   
   Sift confectioners' sugar over tops and serve immediately.
   
   Makes 12 pastries.
   
   Per Serving: 192 calories (38% from fat), 27 g carbohydrates, 3 g protein, 191 mg sodium, 8 g fat, 2 mg cholesterol.
   
   






Final Comments


* Thaw the folded pastry sheet for at least 20 minutes at room temperature before unfolding. This will prevent it from breaking as it unfolds. For quick and even cutting, use a pizza cutter to slice puff pastry as recipe directs. To minimize sticking, spray cutter with vegetable cooking spray.