Easy Cheese Danish

Show: Barefoot ContessaEpisode: The Magic Factor

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Cook Time:
20 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
8 Danish

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: 15 min
Cook: 20 min
Total:: 45 min

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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)
2 sheets (1 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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Sherry Boynton Beach, FL 02-08-2010
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Rock Star!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made these the night before and popped them in the oven in the morning for breakfast. My husband was so impressed. He... pigged out! Thank you Ina for making me look like a rock star to my husband!Read more
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Rebecca New Cumberland, PA 02-05-2010
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YUMMY!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

So easy. So good!
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Patricia Bow, NH 02-05-2010
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Great
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

These are very tastey...bakery quality for sure. what I don't understand is there must be a way to thicken the cheese filling... mixture. It's running all over the place befoe they are even in the oven. I added a little more ricotta and sugar to try and thicken it !! Might have helped a little but not much ... Wha't the scoop Ina ? Also next time I will cut the filling recipe in half ,way to much left over !Read more
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Jennifer Indiana, PA 02-03-2010
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So tastey!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I'm a very hungry and tired mom of twins and pregnant with number 3! lol. I watched Ina make these danishes this afternoon... and HAD to make them for dessert tonight. They were great. Very easy with a beautifully rustic finish. I used meyer lemons for the zest. They were the perfect compliment, I plan on making these for friends the next time I have a few minutes!Read more
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kristin gainesville, FL 01-19-2010
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yummy
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

i've made this a couple of times and it's really good! the filling tastes kinda like a warm cheesecake- i wish i had more! :D... next time, i'm going to try using the puff pastry shells and spooning the filling in there. i'm also going to try maybe a pumpkin cheesecake filling to see how that goes.Read more
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jennifer kaneohe, HI 01-16-2010
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doing something wrong
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

tried this recipe twice now and both times they came out horrible. Followed it to the key but it seems like the baking... process destroyed it. im in a very humid climate though and that might be the problem. wont try these again. Read more