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Blueberry, Lemon Cream & Honey Heart Tarts | Valentine's Day | Bjorn Bites & Booze
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Blueberry, Lemon Cream and Honey Heart Pastry

February 14, 2023
Blueberry & Lemon Cream Heart Tart | Valentine's Day | Bjorn Bites & Booze

Blueberry, Lemon Cream and Honey Heart Pastry

Blueberries and lemon are such a classic combination! These elegant desserts are light, super flavorful and easy to make! Cut them into heart shapes and share with your sweeties for Valentine's Day!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
  • 1 egg lightly beaten
  • 1 tsp milk

Blueberry sauce

  • 1 pint fresh blueberries, or 1 cup frozen blueberries, thawed
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Lemon Vanilla Cream

  • 2 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
  • 2 tbsp powdered sugar
  • ½ cup heavy whipping cream
  • ¼ cup store bought lemon curd
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Garnish

  • ¼ cup sliced almonds, lightly toasted
  • Powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 375°F
  • Place thawed puff pasty sheet on cutting board, and roll out slightly. You can cut them into rectangles, circles or hearts. Place cut shapes on a silpat/baking sheet. Then score each of your shapes about ½" from the outer edge, and pierce the center of each shape with a fork. Whisk together beaten egg and milk and brush the edges with the egg wash.
  • Bake puff pastry until golden brown – around 12-15 minutes (watch carefully). You may need to cut around the inner scoring and press center down slightly to make room for lemon cream. Place on wire rack to let cool to room temperature

Assemble Blueberry Sauce

  • Combine blueberries, honey and vanilla into a small bowl. Gently turn blueberries into sauce to marinate for at least 10 minutes. Strain liquid and discard.

Assemble Lemon Vanilla Cream

  • Using a hand held mixer, mix the cream cheese and powdered sugar in a small bowl. While mixing on low, slowly add the heavy whipping cream until it starts to thicken. Increase the speed and beat until medium soft peaks form.
  • Gently fold lemon curd and vanilla extract into cream mixture. If not using right away, cover and refrigerate until ready to assemble.

Assemble

  • Place tarts on a serving plate, and divide lemon cream evenly among the tarts. Top with blueberry sauce, and toasted almonds. Dust with powdered sugar, serve and enjoy!
Keyword Blueberry, Blueberry desserts, blueberry pastry, blueberry tarts, Dessert recipes, lemon cream, Valentine’s Day, Valentine’s Day sweets
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Honey Pear & Ginger Galette

October 21, 2022
Honey Pear Ginger Galette | Bjorn Bites & Booze

Honey Pear & Ginger Galette

This dessert was grilled on the Big Green Egg over red hot Jealous Devil Charcoal. This is one of those desserts you make over and over again! My happy taste testers have said that this is one of my best desserts I've made. Flaky puffy crust, sweet cream filling, topped with fall's harvest of sweet pears dripping with raw honey and tangy lemon juice. Grilled to perfection with the most amazing golden brown crust. Finished off with fresh lemon zest and powdered sugar. My taste testers were begging for another piece!
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 sheets puff pastry, thawed

Filling

  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened, room temperature
  • ¼ cup turbinado sugar
  • 1 tsp ginger powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 Bartlett pears, sliced into ¼" slices
  • 2 tbsp raw honey
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • 1 tbsp powdered sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 tbsp turbinado sugar

Instructions
 

Prepare Grill

  • Place pizza stone on grill, heat to 400°F

Make Cream Cheese Filling

  • Place cream cheese in bowl, add turbinado sugar, ginger powder, and vanilla. Stir until smooth

Prepare Pears

  • Add sliced pears into shallow bowl. Add raw honey, and lemon juice. Very gently, fold pears, careful not to break, with honey/lemon juice mixture

Prepare crust

  • Place thawed crust on floured surface. Stack one sheet on top of the other. Fold in half. Roll out to compress, then fold in half again in the opposite direction. Roll out until you have a nice even dough. Roughly cut out into a rustic circle.

Place Galette together

  • Place dough on some parchment paper. Spread cream cheese filling on top of puff pastry dough, leaving a 1-2" border.
  • Arrange pear slices in a concentric circle, slightly overlapping.
  • Fold edges of dough over filling and pears. Brush edges of dough with beaten egg. Sprinkle with turbinado sugar over dough.
  • Place galette with parchment paper on top of pizza stone. Bake until golden brown, about 20-25 minutes.
  • Let stand until cooled to room temperature. Sprinkle with lemon zest, and powdered sugar. Serve and enjoy!
Keyword Dessert recipes, Galette, Grilled Desserts, Pear Desserts, Pear recipes
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Berry Tart

July 12, 2022
Berry Tart | Bjorn Bites & Booze | Wild West Viking

Berry Tart

Your guests will love it when you share this amazing Berry Tart on a lovely summer evening. A sweet pastry crust with a delicious vanilla and lemon cream cheese filling topped off with fresh berries and sweet vanilla whipped cream. Release your inner culinary artist and have fun designing your dessert to your liking. Use any type of berries you have on hand although I'm partial to strawberries and blueberries.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 8 people

Ingredients
  

Pastry Crust

  • 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup powdered sugar
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 9 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into small pieces (keep cold or frozen)
  • 1 egg yolk

Lemon & Vanilla Cream Cheese Filling

  • 16 oz cream cheese, room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • ½ lemon, finely zested

Topping

  • ½ pint blueberries
  • ½ pint strawberries, hulled and cut crosswise
  • ½ cup heavy cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 tbsp powdered sugar

Instructions
 

Prepare Crust

  • Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter 8-inch springform pan, set to side.
  • Combine flour, sugar and salt in food processor. Pulse a couple of times to just combine.
  • Add in butter, a little at a time, and pulse until mixture turns into cornmeal.
  • Add egg yolk, and pulse to combine. If needed, add in 1-2 tbsp cold water until dough sticks together.
  • Remove mixture from food processor, and press dough into spring form pan evenly as well as up the sides of the pan. Freeze for at least 30 minutes.
  • Place buttered foil over dough, pressing gently into surface and up the sides.
  • Place tart shell onto baking sheet, and bake for 30-35 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Cool completely on wire rack.

Prepare Filling

  • Add cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, lemon juice and zest into a medium size bowl. Using electric hand mixer, combine until you have a smooth consistency.
  • Place filling mixture onto cooled crust, and spread evenly over the crust.

Vanilla Whipped Cream

  • Add vanilla and heavy cream into a bowl, and whisk until soft peaks form.

Assemble tart

  • Arrange freshly washed, and dried berries on top of filling in a decorative manner, piping vanilla whipped cream in between berries.
Keyword Berry Tart, Dessert recipes, Desserts, Summer desserts
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Christmas, Danish Traditions, Dessert, Holiday, Recipes

Æbleskiver (Danish Pancake Puffs/Balls)

February 2, 2022
Æbleskiver | Danish Pancake Balls | Wild West Viking

Æbleskiver (Pancake Puffs or Pancake Balls)

A Danish tradition typically enjoyed around Christmas time (but I think you can enjoy them any time of the year). These puffy Danish pancake balls are sweet delights typically served with powdered sugar and strawberry jam, although I have elevated them slightly this time with boozy strawberry coulis. Æbleskiver literally translates to apple slices, although we don't add these into the batter. You do need a special Æbleskiver pan (see below).
These are perfect for breakfast, afternoon tea, or a sweet after dinner treat.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Danish

Equipment

  • 1 Aebleskiver pan
  • Blender
  • Sieve or fine mesh strainer

Ingredients
  

Æbleskiver

  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 2 cups flour
  • 3 eggs, yolks and whites separated.
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • powdered sugar
  • strawberry jam

Boozy Strawberry Coulis

  • ½ cup sugar
  • 3 tbsp water
  • 12 oz frozen strawberries, thawed
  • 1 tbsp Grand Marnier (orange liqueur)

Instructions
 

Prepare Æbleskiver

  • Beat egg yolks, add sugar, salt, buttermilk, flour, baking soda and baking powder.
  • Beat egg whites until slightly stiffened.
  • Add egg whites to flour mixture.
  • Melt butter, place Æbleskiver pan on stove on medium heat. Brush butter into each hole. Ladle mixture into each hole about ¾ full. Cook about 2 minutes, and then turn carefully over on the other side (I use a wooden tool some people use a knitting needle), trying to spill some of the mixture into the hole as you are turning to make the pancake puff a little fluffy. Continue turning until the balls turn a nice golden color and are cooked all the way through.
  • Keep warm until ready to serve.

Prepare Coulis

  • Combine sugar and water in a small sauce pot over medium heat. Stir to combine and until mixture is thickened. Remove from heat.
  • Combine frozen strawberries and sugar syrup in a blender, and blend until mixture is smooth and pureed.
  • Pour puree over sieve over a medium sized bowl. Stir and push mixture into bowl until all liquid has been pushed through.
  • Add liqueur to mixture (if wanted). Stir to combine well.
  • Store in fridge for 5-7 days or freezer for 2-3 months.
Keyword aebleskiver, Danish Christmas, Danish food, pancake balls, pancake puffs, Sweet Treats
  • Aebleskive Pan : This is the pan that I have and have used for years. You can use a cast iron pan as well, but this one is very easy to use.
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Berries & Cream Dessert Cups

January 24, 2022
Berries & Cream Dessert Wontons | Wild West Viking
Berries & Cream Dessert Wontons | Wild West Viking

Berries & Cream Dessert Cups

These delicate little dessert cups have all the sweet tastes and textures everyone will love! The cinnamon-sugar dusted crispy wonton cups are filled with a creamy filling topped with fresh red berries and a little kiss of citrus!
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 16 wonton wrappers
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup cream cheese
  • 1 cup vanilla Greek yogurt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 1 cup fresh berries (I used raspberries and strawberries)
  • 1 lemon strips of lemon zest

Instructions
 

Prepare Wontons

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Prepare muffin tin, lightly spray with cooking spray.
  • Mix 2 tbsp sugar and 1 tsp of cinnamon in a small bowl.
  • On a baking sheet, layout wonton wrappers and lightly spray wontons with cooking spray, then sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar mixture. Turn over wontons and repeat process on the other side.
  • Place each prepared wonton into muffin tin and press down lightly to form a cup.
  • Bake for 6-8 minutes until crispy. Set aside to cool

Prepare Filling

  • Combine cream cheese, yogurt, vanilla extract and sugar in a bowl. Mix with electric hand mixer until smooth.

Fill Wontons

  • Fill cooled wonton cups with cream filling, top with fresh berries, and a lemon zest or two. (Serve immediately, or fill cups just before serving to avoid them getting soggy)
Keyword Dessert Wonton Cups, Desserts, Sweet Treats, Wonton
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Santa Gnome Treats

December 19, 2021
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Santa Gnome Treats

These little treats have got to be the most delicious and cutest edible Christmas Santa Gnomes! I made these using sugar cookie bottoms, filled them with chocolate mousse, and topped with whipped frosting, a strawberry for a hat, and red M&M for the nose. These will definitely give you a sugar high, but seriously, who could resist?
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Dessert

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pkg Refrigerated Sugar Cookie Dough (break apart kind)
  • 24 oz White Frosting (I used the whipped white frosting)
  • 24 strawberries
  • 24 red M&M's

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F
  • Spray a mini-muffin pan with cooking spray (or use mini liners)
  • Place one cookie into each muffin cup (don't flatten)
  • Bake cookies for about 18 minutes, and place on wire rack to cool
  • While cookies are still warm, take a small spoon and gently press cookies into a cup shape.
  • Cool completely before filling.
  • Make your favorite Chocolate Mousse recipe or alternately, you can completely fill the bottoms with whipped frosting, vanilla pudding or other yummy filling.
  • Wash strawberries, and cut out the crown into a "V" shape (where the leaves are)
  • Take one of the cookie cups, and fill with chocolate mousse, or whatever you are going to filling them with, and be generous.
  • Then push the strawberry into the filling, cut side down, and add a red M&M for the nose, just under the "V" of the strawberry.
  • Add a little of the white frosting, just below the 'nose' on the cookie cup and draw a beard and make some lines for the beard with a toothpick.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword Chocolate Mousse, Christmas Treats, Gnome Cookies, Santa Gnome Treats, Sugar Cookie
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Boozy Pear Frangipane Tarte

November 21, 2021
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Boozy Pear Frangipane Tarte

A perfect fall dessert and an impressive addition to your Thanksgiving dessert table! This French classic dessert has a little boozy twist with an extra shot (or two) of dark rum). The Frangipane comes from the sweet and smooth almond-flavored pastry cream. The tart is topped with fresh slices of pear, with a little apricot-rum glaze. Top the tart with toasted almonds and a little sprinkle of powdered sugar and Enjoy!
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Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 8 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 1 sweet tart crust
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup powdered sugar (plus more for serving)
  • 1 cup almond flour
  • 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • ¼ tsp kosher salt
  • 2 large eggs, room temperature
  • 1 vanilla bean, seeded
  • 2 tbsp dark rum, divided
  • 1 tsp almond extract
  • 3 firm pears (Bartlett works best)
  • ½ lemon, juiced
  • 1 tbsp sliced almonds, toasted½

Instructions
 

Make Frangipane (Almond Cream filling)

  • Cream the softened butter in a large bowl, and add powdered sugar until the mixture is well combined, and resembles a coarse meal
  • Add almond flour, all-purpose flour, salt and mix well.
  • Add eggs one at a time, and mix well after each addition.
  • Add vanilla bean (scraped), almond extract and 1 tbsp of the dark rum
  • Mix well until cream is smooth. (You can keep this refrigerated for up to 5 days)

Assemble

  • Preheat oven to 375F.
  • Melt apricot jam with 1 tbsp dark rum, and mix until liquefied.
  • Apply jam to base of cooled pastry shell to prevent soggy bottom.
  • Fill tart crust with almond cream, smoothing out to the edges, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes to set.
  • Peel pears, cut each lengthwise, scoop out cores, and cut each half crosswise into ⅛ inch slices. Keep the slices together so you can make a "fan". Squeeze a little lemon juice on top of the pear fans to prevent browning.
  • Remove tart crust from refrigerator. Gently take each pear half and "fan" it out on the tart crust, making sure to fan out toward the stem/top side. Slide your knufe under the pear half and fan it out over the almond filling, arranging it so the pear fans out to the center.
  • Bake tart at 375°F until golden brown or filling comes out clean. About 50 minutes.
  • Let the tart cool on a wire rack.
  • Brush pears with the leftover apricot/rum mixture. Once tart is cool, unmold the tart.
  • Sprinkle some of the toasted almonds over the tart, with a little powdered sugar, and ENJOY!
Keyword Fall Desserts, Frangipane, Pear and Almond Tarte, Pear Desserts, Pear Frangipane Tarte, Thanksgiving Desserts
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