Gluten Free Puff Pastry Snowflake
A wonderfully fun gluten free bake to make over the festive period. This Gluten Free Puff Pastry Snowflake is also dairy and egg free if you source the right pastry and chocolate spread. Can be nut free too. Simple to make despite looking masterclass quality. A treat you and your guests will love this Christmas.
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 381kcal
Ingredients
For the snowflake
- 580 g Jus-Rol Gluten Free Puff (2x packets)
- 100 g chocolate spread I used Natures Store vegan spread
For the glaze
- 1 tbsp apricot jam
- 1 tbsp boiled water
To decorate
- 1 tbsp icing/confectioners sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 200°C | 180°C fan | 400°F | Gas 6
- Unroll your ready-rolled puff (or roll out your block of puff to 05.cm thickness)
- Place a tea plate approximately 20-22cm wide on the first sheet of puff and gently cut round the plate to make a circle.
- Repeat with second sheet of pastry and place the trimming to one side for now.
- Place the first circle on a baking sheet that's been lined with baking paper - no need to grease.
- Spread the first circle liberally with your chosen safe chocolate spread.
- Now turn your attention to the second circle of puff and with a 6cm circle cutter, gently press a circle shape into the centre of the puff - DO NOT CUT THROUGH THE PASTRY. This is just to use as a visual guide for the next step.
- Gently place the marked circle over the top of the chocolate spread circle.
- Make four equal distance cuts starting at the outside of the circle impression all the way to the edge of the puff pastry cutting all the way through.
- Repeat this action in-between each cut and then again until you've made 16 cuts all of equal sizes.
- Now take a pastry strand and gently twist 3x in a clockwise direction.
- Take the next strand and repeat but in a counter-clockwise direction.
- Repeat this process until you've twisted all strands and created a snowflake-style shape.
- Make up your glaze by mixing together the jam and boiled water and gently brush the snowflake with the glaze using a pastry brush.
- Place in the preheated oven and cook for 20 minutes or until the snowflake has gone a beautiful golden brown.
- Using any pastry trimmings create decorative bite-sized puff pastry shapes filled with chocolate spread, I made stars on this occasion. These will only need 10 minutes to cook in the oven at the same temperature.
- The snowflake can be served immediately whilst hot or allowed to cool and eaten at a later date. This can be reheated in the oven or microwave too if you want to make in advance.
Nutrition
Calories: 381kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Sodium: 149mg | Potassium: 78mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 2mg