Lemon Braid
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Ingredients
  • 1 sheet of puff pastry
  • ½ cup lemon curd
  • 1 tablespoon confectioners sugar – make it pretty.
  • 4 oz mascarpone
  • A pinch of salt (anytime you have sweet you need a pinch of salt for balance.)
  • 1 yolk and 1 tablespoon of water to brush the top pastry for browning.
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 °F.
  2. Defrost puff pastry in the refrigerator the night before you intend to use it.
  3. On a sheet of parchment lay out the pastry.
  4. On each side make equal slanted cuts about a third of the way into the pastry.
  5. Leave the middle third to spread the mascarpone and lemon curd.
  6. Tuck the end over so the mascarpone and lemon curd does not leak out the end of the braid.
  7. Then take a strip from each side and lay one strip over the other strip.
  8. Place the braid back in the refrigerator to make sure it is cold.
  9. Brush with the beaten yolk and a tablespoon of water.
  10. Move the pastry with the parchment paper on to a baking sheet.
  11. Then place in the oven and bake until it puffs and turns brown, about 18 - 20 minutes.
  12. Remove when browned and let cool on a cooling rack.
  13. When cool sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar.
Notes
Be sure to keep your puff pastry cold so it will puff properly.
Recipe by Make Mine Lemon at https://www.makeminelemon.com/lemon-braid/