
Breakfast Puff Pastry Windmills with Cherry Glaze
Make breakfast or teatime a sweet affair with these cherry jam-filled windmills with a sweet cherry glaze.
- Yields: 8 |
- Difficulty: easy
- Prep Time : 20 mins |
- Cook Time : 20 mins


Ingredients
Cherry Jam
350 g fresh ZZ2 Sweet Cherries, pitted
2 Tbsp (30 ml) water
juice of ½ a lemon
1 Tbsp (15 ml) cornflour + 1 Tbsp (15 ml) water, mixed together
Pastry
1 roll of puff pastry, defrosted
1 egg whisked with a splash of milk
Cherry IcingÂ
¼ C (60 ml) icing sugar, sifted
1-2 Tbsp (15-30 ml) water
½ tsp (2,5 ml) cherry jam as made above
Method
Cherry Jam
Add all of the ingredients for the jam into a medium-sized pot and mix to combine. Set it over medium heat; bring to a boil, then turn the heat down to simmer. Cook until the cherries soften and most of the liquid has cooked out. Mash with a potato masher, then add the cornflour and water mixture. Stir to combine then simmer for another minute to thicken. Remove from the heat and let the jam cool.
Pastry
Line two baking trays with baking paper. Unroll the pastry on a work surface lightly dusted in flour. Slice the pastry in two lengthways. Measure out and cut 4 equal size squares from each piece and arrange 4 squares on each baking tray.
To make the windmills, start by scooping a tablespoon of cherry jam into the centre of each square. Use a sharp knife to slice the pastry diagonally from the jam centre to the corner on all four corners. Lift a corner and fold it in towards the jam centre, repeat on all corners until you have a windmill shaped pastry. Repeat this process until all of the windmills are folded. Brush the pastry with the egg wash and place into the oven to cook until golden and puffed.
Cherry IcingÂ
Add the icing sugar to a bowl; add the lemon juice and one tablespoon of water, mix. If it needs more water, add gradually until you reach drizzling consistency. Add a little bit of cherry jam to give your glaze colour, add as much or as little as you like.
When the pastry windmills have cooled completely, drizzle with cherry icing and serve.