Qeustion About Strawberry Amaretto Pastries

[nickywsn]

I'd Like To Bring These To A Show Next Week. Can These Be Made The Night Before?

 

[chee65]

I don't think that I would assemble it the night before but it should be okay to go ahead and slice the strawberries, bake the puff pastry but do not split until ready to use, and make the filling the night before. Then all you have to do is split and fill. I'm just afraid that the pastry would get soggy if you assemble it too soon.

 

[jewls243]

I love these! I make them all the time. And I have made them the night before and thought they were still excellent the next day.

 

[chee65]

The puff pastry didn't get soggy? I guess when I had left overs I thought the pastry was soggy the next day. Hmmm. maybe it's just me. LOL

 

[abrahamlaur]

I Love These! They Are Sooo Good. But Find That To Do Them At A Show From Beginning To End Is Time Consuming ... Does Anyone Else Think That? Or Am I Just Not Good Enough At My Job? Lol

 

[dannyzmom]

I have eaten these many times at cluster meetings and they are SO yummy - I am dying to try them out at a show -- anyone have a show outline for these (other than the cards from HO)

 

[Bexamo]

AmarettoJust thought I'd throw this in here - as I was making these to "practice" on my family, I starting thinking that the name is "Amaretto" - not imitation almond flavoring, or almond extract... SO I made them with Amaretto! (Double the amount of flavoring called-for in the recipe actually! ) You all totally need to try them this way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I may even treat show guests to a little of my stash.... They were too good!!!!!

 

[clshirk]

I love amaretto- hmmm
Haven't tried it with the pastries though.
As for making the night before, I guess you could make them and keep all the ingredients separated until the party. If you put them together you'll be forced to refridgerate and I don't think they're as good cold- and they do get a tad soggy.
Personally, I think they are really easy to make at a party- I often omit the almonds though to avoid nut allergies. At the very beginning of the show I slice the pastries and throw em in the oven, and then spend the next 10-15 minutes making the whipped cream and cutting strawberries. I think it takes about 30 minutes total for me from starting them to finishing them (often I don't start until about 10 minutes into the show so I can talk about PC) just because of limited space to work with and because I'm talking too.

 

[julesh]

But Find That To Do Them At A Show From Beginning To End Is Time Consuming ... Does Anyone Else Think That? Or Am I Just Not Good Enough At My Job? Lol

These are a favorite at my house! My three youngest kiddos (ages 7-13) are experts at assembling them.

I made these start to finish at my very first cooking show, and didn't have a problem with the time. However, it was an afternoon show, and it was the only recipe I did. I definitely wouldn't do them, if I were demoing more than one recipe.

BTW, I don't think it's any reflection on how well you do your job!

 

[Sallie_M]

I made 2 batches of these at a show on Friday night. The puff pastry was just about done when the guests arrived, so it was cooling in front of them when we started. Guests were impressed with how easy the rest was. (Two of them finished making them for us.)

On a practice run at home, I was out of almond extract and used marischino cherry juice. Tasted good, and a very pretty pink