Cherry-currant Danish Recipe

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Cherry-currant Danish
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15
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Nutrition
186
Calories
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup lukewarm water
  • 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 330 g chilled unsalted butter , cut into 1/4 slices. (about 3 sticks)
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream
  • 2 pinches of salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • pastry cream, (just go buy dorie''s book http://www.amazon.com/baking-home-yours-dorie-greenspan/dp/0618443363/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-8766629-5173562 ie=utf8&s=books&qid=1174257305&sr=8-1 and i''ll give you the page number)
  • cherry-currant jam
  • sour cherries, (a margarine container''s worth)
  • red currants, (whatever was left in the freezer, about 3/4 cup)
  • cornstarch , (about 1 tbsp)

Directions:

  1. Dissolve the yeast in lukewarm water and let stand for 5 minutes. Stir in cream, salt, eggs and sugar.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, add flour and sliced butter, use a pastry blender to further cut the butter to the size of kidney beans
  3. Add the yeast mixture into flour mixture, combine carefully with a big rubber spatula, the mass is just moistened enough and hold together. Cover, refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
  4. Lightly flour the work table, turn out the chilled dough, pound and flatten to make a 16 - 20 inch square. Fold into thirds making 3 layers. Turn dough around and roll out again. Fold from the short sides into thirds.
  5. Rest in refrigerator for half an hour, repeat folding and rolling one more time. Wrap and chill the dough 30 minutes or overnight before you proceed pastry making.
  6. Cut the dough in half and working one portion at a time (refrigerate the unused one in the meantime), roll the dough to make a 12X9inch rectangle. Cut out 3 inch squares. Fold the corners of each square toward the center and make an indentation with the back of a spoon. Cover with plastic wrap and let rise for about 45 minutes.
  7. Before putting them in the oven preheated at 375, brush with eggwash (egg beaten with a dab of milk). Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
  8. Fill with pastry cream, top with jam and then drizzle with icing sugar, (oh yeah, this was decadent!).
  9. There are no hard and fast rules for this one, I just combined the first 3 ingredients in a sauce pan and brought them to a boil. I kept it around a light boil to reduce some of the juice, (probably about 20 min) but it still wasn’t thickening as much as I wanted so I added some cornstarch and while I was at it, some lime juice. After that it thickened nicely so I removed it from the stove and stuck it in a snowbank to cool off. If you don’t use all of the jam on the danishes, just stick it in a jar in the fridge to use on toast the next morning.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 185.57 Kcal (777 kJ)
Calories from fat 113.92 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.66g 19%
Cholesterol 46.63mg 16%
Sodium 8.36mg 0%
Potassium 35.34mg 1%
Total Carbs 15.46g 5%
Sugars 1.23g 5%
Dietary Fiber 0.7g 3%
Protein 2.72g 5%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 5%
Iron 0.3mg 1%
Calcium 9.9mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 464.16 Kcal (1943 kJ)
Calories from fat 284.96 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 31.66g 19%
Cholesterol 116.63mg 16%
Sodium 20.9mg 0%
Potassium 88.39mg 1%
Total Carbs 38.66g 5%
Sugars 3.06g 5%
Dietary Fiber 1.76g 3%
Protein 6.8g 5%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 5%
Iron 0.7mg 1%
Calcium 24.8mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 4.6
    Points
  • 5
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • very low sodium

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