Orange Cheese Danish Pastry
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup (8 oz.) Sargento® Part-Skim Ricotta Cheese
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 Tbsp. butter, softened
- 1 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. grated orange rind
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 sheet (1/2 lb.) frozen puff pastry dough, thawed
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 Tbsp. orange juice
- 2 Tbsp. chopped walnuts or sliced almonds
DIRECTIONS
- 1
Combine cheese, sugar, egg, butter, flour, orange rind and vanilla in large bowl. Beat with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended.
- 2
Unfold pastry into rectangle; place on baking sheet. Make 2-inch-deep cuts at 1-inch intervals on long sides of pastry. Spread cheese mixture down center 3 inches of pastry. Crisscross strips over filling, alternating sides and bringing strips all the way across filling.
- 3
Bake in preheated 400°F oven 25 minutes or until bottom is golden brown.
- 4
Cool on wire rack. Mix confectioners sugar and orange juice in small bowl until smooth. Drizzle mixture over pastry; sprinkle with walnuts.
SUMMARY
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: Serves: 10
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See Nutrition Facts
Serves: 10
Amount Per Serving
Calories 137
Total Fat 6.7g
Saturated Fat 3.2g
Trans Fat 1.3g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g
Cholesterol 34g
Sodium 81g
Carbohydrates 16g
Protein 4g
Dietary Fiber 0g
Vitamin A 28g
Vitamin C 1g
Calcium 52g
Iron 0g
