By The TimesLedger
At Easter, as throughout the year, light and airy puff pastry desserts are a surprisingly easy – and always elegant – conclusion to a great meal.
For example, there's no sweeter or simpler ending to an Easter meal than a super-easy ice cream torte made with crisp pastry sheets. This lovely dessert can be prepared in advance, freeing up time for family and friends.
Or, perhaps mixed berry baskets will enliven your Easter table. In this classic dessert, glazed berries are placed in pastry shells and topped off with creamy vanilla yogurt.
For easy and fun treats, scoop any flavor of ice cream into baked and cooled pastry shells. The ice cream serves as a “palette” for making bunny faces with decorations that include round candies for eyes and nose, and licorice “shoelaces” for whiskers.
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Puff Pastry Ice Cream Torte
Thaw: 30 min. Prep: 20 min. Bake: 15 min.
Freeze: 2 hr. 20 min.
1 pastry sheet
1 cup thick fudge sauce or hazelnut chocolate spread
1 cup chocolate ice cream, slightly softened
1 cup strawberry ice cream, slightly softened
1 tbsp. apricot jam
1/2 cup natural sliced almonds, toasted
THAW pastry sheet at room temperature 30 min. Preheat oven to 400
