Lekvar Tarts

Ingredients

• 1 sheet of frozen puff pastry thawed
• 180-200g lekvar
• 1 egg beaten
• sparkling sugar optional; for topping

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 400°F. Unfold the pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Roll the pastry sheet into a 10-inch square. Cut the pastry sheet into 4 (5-inch) squares. Place the pastry squares onto a baking sheet. Beat the egg with about 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl.
2. Spoon about 45g lekvar filling into the middle of each square. Fold the pastry corners over the filling to the center and twist the points firmly to seal. Brush the pastries with the egg mixture and sprinkle with sparkling sugar, if desired.
3. Bake for about 18-20 minutes, rotating halfway through if the pastries seem to be baking unevenly.

Notes

5 July 2025: I made these today and they came out great! We made two pastries with all four corners folded over and two with just two corners folded to meet in the middle. Both were fine, but for the puff pastry we preferred the ones with all four corners folded in. (I think the other style would work better with regular Danish pastry.) I placed them on a half sheet tray lined with a silicone liner, and baked on rack 2 for a total of 19 minutes.