Description
This Vegan Strawberry Cream Danish recipe features flaky, golden puff pastry filled with a luscious dairy-free cream cheese mixture and topped with fresh, juicy strawberries. Perfect for a delightful breakfast or an elegant dessert, it’s easy to prepare and entirely vegan and gluten-free when using specified ingredients.
Ingredients
Scale
Puff Pastry
- 1–2 sheets of puff pastry (JusRol Vegan + Gluten-free Puff Pastry recommended)
Cream Cheese Filling
- 130g dairy-free cream cheese
- 15g gluten-free or plain flour (depending on gluten preference)
- 15g caster sugar plus extra for sprinkling
- 4 tablespoons dairy-free milk
Topping
- Fresh strawberries, washed and sliced
Instructions
- Preheat and Prepare: Preheat your oven to 180°C fan (356°F). Line two large baking trays with greaseproof paper to prevent sticking and for easy cleanup.
- Prepare Puff Pastry: Unroll the puff pastry sheets with the baking paper underneath to avoid sticking. Use a rolling pin to smooth out wrinkles and lightly dust with plain flour if the pastry feels sticky.
- Cut Pastry Shapes: Use a large heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out shapes from the puff pastry sheets and place them on the lined baking trays. Press gently in the center with a smaller heart-shaped cutter to create an indentation without cutting all the way through. Set aside.
- Make Cream Cheese Filling: In a mixing bowl, combine the dairy-free cream cheese, flour, and caster sugar until you get a thick, creamy mixture. Transfer this filling into a piping bag and snip off the tip. If you don’t have a piping bag, you can spoon the mixture onto the pastry shapes.
- Assemble the Danishes: Pipe or spoon the cream cheese mixture into the center indented section of each pastry heart. Top each with a few slices of fresh strawberries.
- Brush and Sprinkle: Brush the edges of the pastry hearts with dairy-free milk to help with browning. Sprinkle caster sugar over the edges to add extra sweetness and a lovely glaze.
- Bake: Place the baking tray in the middle of the oven and bake for 10-15 minutes, or until the pastries are golden brown and flaky. Once done, remove from the oven and bake the second tray, repeating the process.
- Cool and Serve: Allow the pastries to cool slightly before serving. Optionally, dust with icing sugar for an elegant finishing touch.
Notes
- Store the pastries in a sealed container in the fridge. Allow to come to room temperature before serving.
- Best enjoyed the day they are made, but they can be eaten up to 2 days after baking.
- Puff pastry sheets like Jus-Roll Vegan + Gluten-free are widely available at major supermarkets including Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Ocado, and ASDA.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pastry
- Calories: 180 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 100 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
