DAY Recipe

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Makes 64 napoleons.

INGREDIENTS
a 17 1/4-ounce package (2 sheets) frozen puff pastry, thawed

3/4 cup walnuts, chopped fine

6 ounces roquefort at room temperature, mashed with a fork

4 ounces cream cheese, softened

1/4 cup heavy [...]

We used a wire mesh cooling rack to form the decorative pattern on this pastry, but any metal cooling rack can be used. Also, if you have a small rack that cannot cover all the pastry at once, you will need to bake it in batches.

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Phyllo dough gives this dessert a crisp texture that contrasts nicely with the smooth lemon filling.

Serves 8.

INGREDIENTS
for lemon cream

1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin

2 tablespoons cold water

3/4 cup frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed

6 tablespoons sugar

6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter

4 large [...]

An adaptation of a recipe from Nashville’s Zola restaurant. Chef-owner Debra Paquette and pastry chef Renée Kasman created this sophisticated dessert.

Serves 6.

INGREDIENTS
2tablespoons plus 1/2 cup sugar
1teaspoon ground cinnamon
2sheets phyllo pastry
3tablespoons unsalted butter, melted1 1/2cups plus 1 tablespoon water
1/2teaspoon [...]

France’s classic layered dessert of puff pastry, pastry cream and icing fell out of favor for a while, but it recently experienced a revival. This contemporary version features phyllo instead of puff pastry, an espresso-flavored pastry cream and bananas, which were used in many treats in 1997.

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