Easy Cheese Danish (Barefoot Contessa)

Name: Easy Cheese Danish (Barefoot Contessa)
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8 Danishes, 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature; 1/3 cup sugar; 2 extra-large egg yolks, at room temperature; 2 tablespoons ricotta cheese; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 tablespoon grated lemon zest (2 lemons); 1 (2 sheet) box frozen puff pastry, defrosted; 1 egg (beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash)

Submitted by Brookelynne26

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Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 9
Yields:: 8 Danishes
Serves:: 8

ingredients

8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
¹⁄₃ cup sugar
2 extra-large egg yolks, at room temperature
2 tablespoons ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
¹⁄₄ teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon grated lemon zest (2 lemons)
1 (2 sheet) box frozen puff pastry, defrosted
1 egg (beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for egg wash)

directions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
Place the cream cheese and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and cream them together on low speed until smooth. With the mixer still on low, add the egg yolks, ricotta, vanilla, salt, and lemon zest and mix until just combined. Don't whip!
Unfold 1 sheet of puff pastry onto a lightly floured board and roll it slightly with a floured rolling pin until it's a 10 by 10-inch square. Cut the sheet into quarters with a sharp knife. Place a heaping tablespoon of cheese filling into the middle of each of the 4 squares. Brush the border of each pastry with egg wash and fold 2 opposite corners to the center, brushing and overlapping the corners of each pastry so they firmly stick together. Brush the top of the pastries with egg wash. Place the pastries on the prepared sheet pan. Repeat with the second sheet of puff pastry and refrigerate the filled Danish for 15 minutes.
Bake the pastries for about 20 minutes, rotating the pan once during baking, until puffed and brown. Serve warm.

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So easy and so yummy!!!! I made 1/2 of the recipe but omitted the 1 tablespoon ricotta, as I didn't have it on hand and it was still delcious!! Thanks for sharing the recipe. Made in honor of your win in the football pool!!

diner524

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