Cranberry-Walnut Crostadas

This delectable harvest dessert features easy to use pastry shells filled with a rich and creamy cranberry walnut filling.  Ready in under an hour, they're really yummy and as simple as can be.
  • prep: 20 minutes
  • cook: 10 minutes
  • cool: 20 minutes
  • Serves: 6

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 1/2 cup toasted walnuts, chopped
  • 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 package (10 ounces) Puff Pastry Shells
  • 1/2 cup almond-flavored or orange-flavored sweetened whipped cream and/or crumbled blue cheese and/or wedges of Cheddar cheese (optional)

Directions

  1. Prepare the pastry shells according to the package directions.

  2. Heat the heavy cream and sugar in a 1-quart heavy saucepan over medium heat to a boil.  Cook for 5 minutes or until the mixture is thickened, stirring occasionally.  Remove the saucepan from the heat.  Let the mixture cool to room temperature.  Stir in the walnuts, cranberries and cinnamon.

  3. Spoon the walnut mixture into the pastry shells.  Top the filled shells with whipped cream or other toppings, if desired.

Shells Recipe

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Always bake Puff Pastry Shells in a preheated 425° F oven. Do not bake Shells in a microwave or a toaster oven.

Place Puff Pastry Shells on ungreased baking sheets with “top” facing up. Place Shells about 2 inches apart on baking sheet.

To recrisp Puff Pastry shells, place them in a 400° F oven for 5 minutes.

Unfilled baked Puff Pastry Shells may be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.

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