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Strawberry Rhubarb Cheese Danishes Recipe

Strawberry Rhubarb Cheese Danishes made with flaky puff pastry, creamy vanilla cream cheese filling, fresh strawberries, and tart rhubarb. These easy homemade danishes are perfect for spring brunch, Mother’s Day, Easter, breakfast pastries, or afternoon coffee. A quick and simple puff pastry dessert recipe that tastes just like a bakery treat.

Course Breakfast, brunch
Cuisine American, German
Keyword rhubarb custard danish, strawberry custard danish
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 250 kcal

Ingredients

For the fruit

  • 2 stalks rhubarb about 150 g / 1 cup sliced
  • 150 g strawberries about 1 cup sliced
  • 1/2 lemon
  • 100 g strawberry rhubarb jam about 1/3 cup

For the custard filling

  • 200 g cream cheese softened (about 3/4 cup)
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp instant vanilla pudding powder or cornstarch + 2 tsp vanilla paste
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • zest of 1/2 lemon
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice

For the pastry

  • 1 sheet puff pastry about 250 g / 8 oz
  • 1 egg yolk for brushing
  • 25 g chopped pistachios or sliced almonds about 3 tbsp
  • vanilla sugar or coarse sugar for sprinkling
  • powdered sugar for dusting

Instructions

  1. Peel the rhubarb if needed and cut into small thin slices. Slice the strawberries as well.
  2. In a bowl, mix the cream cheese, egg yolk, vanilla pudding powder or cornstarch, sugar, lemon zest, and lemon juice until smooth and creamy.
  3. Preheat the oven to 400°F / 200°C conventional bake. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  4. Roll out the puff pastry and cut into 8 equal rectangles.
  5. Using a knife, lightly score a border about 1/4 inch around each rectangle, making sure not to cut all the way through.
  6. Brush the borders with egg yolk.
  7. Spread a spoonful of the cream cheese filling inside the border of each pastry. Add a small spoonful of jam on top, then arrange the strawberries and rhubarb over the filling.
  8. Sprinkle the pastry edges with pistachios and a little vanilla sugar.
  9. Bake for about 20 minutes or until deeply golden, puffed, and crisp.
  10. Let cool slightly and dust generously with powdered sugar before serving.
  11. Because if you’re making puff pastry danishes at home, subtlety is no longer necessary.