Chocolate Cherry Valentine Napoleons Food

CHOCOLATE CHERRY VALENTINE NAPOLEONS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 for regular or 400 for convection.
• Roll Puff Pastry out on flour surfaced. Gently, using a rolling pin, roll out any creases.
• Using a 3 inch Heart Cookie Cutter, Cut out 12 hearts. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicon mat.
• In a small bowl, mix one egg and one Tablespoon of Water together to create an egg wash. Gently brush each heart with egg wash.
• Bake in oven for 10-15 minutes until puffed and golden brown.
• Remove from oven and cool.
• In a medium bowl, using a whisk, mix together one package of Godiva Dark Chocolate Pudding with One cup cold milk until thick and creamy. Set aside.
• In your mixer, with the whisk attachment, mix 1 1/2 cups of heavy whipping cream with 1 tsp of vanilla, and 6 Tablespoons of Powder Sugar.
• Reserve 1/2 cup of whipping cream.
• Add remaining whipping cream to pudding. Fold together until well combined.
• Cut each puff pastry heart in half, creating a top and a bottom.
• Fill Pastry Bag with Chocolate Filling. Pipe around the edge of each bottom heart.
• Fill center with a dab of the reserved whipped cream. Sprinkle with chocolate sprinkles or mini chocolate chips.
• Gently scoop three cherries from the can of cherry pie filling, into the center of each heart, on top of the whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles.
• Top with other half of puff pastry heart.
• Sprinkle with Powder Sugar. Top with a squirt of Chocolate filling and one Cherry.
• Chill until ready to serve.

SAVORY CHOCOLATE NAPOLEON

Steps:

• Use an offset spatula to spread a 1/8-inch-thick layer of tempered chocolate over a sheet of acetate. When the chocolate begins to set but is not yet hard, use a sharp paring knife or rolling cutter to cut 1-inch squares. When the chocolate is set, peel off the acetate and break apart the chocolate squares.
• Place the softened cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle. Add the chives, paprika, salt and pepper and turn the mixer on medium speed. Mix just until combined.
• Place the cream cheese mixture in a pastry bag fitted with a star tip. Pipe a dollop of the cream cheese onto a chocolate square. Top with a square of chocolate. Pipe another dollop of cream cheese and cover with another square of chocolate. Viola!

CHOCOLATE NAPOLEONS WITH MASCARPONE CREAM AND CHERRY COMPOTE

Steps:

• Make chocolate layers:
• Place baking sheet, bottom side up, on work surface. Cover bottom side with foil, tucking ends under. Mark 15 x 9-inch rectangle on foil. Place chocolate in top of double boiler set over barely simmering water (do not allow bottom of pan to touch water); stir until melted and smooth. Pour onto foil; spread to cover rectangle. Chill until just set but not hard, about 8 minutes.
• Cut chocolate rectangle lengthwise into three 3-inch-wide strips. Cut strips crosswise into six 2 1/2-inch-long pieces. Chill 1 hour. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover; keep refrigerated.)
• Make mascarpone cream:
• Using electric mixer, beat first 4 ingredients in medium bowl to blend. Add 1/2 cup cream; beat until soft peaks form. Add 1/2 cup cream; beat until thick and stiff. Cover; chill at least 1 hour and up to 3 hours.
• Place 1 chocolate piece on each of 6 plates. Spread 3 tablespoons mascarpone over each. Top with another chocolate piece; spread mascarpone over. Top with third chocolate piece. (Can be made 6 hours ahead. Cover; chill.) Dust with powdered sugar. Spoon compote alongside.

EASY CHERRY-FILLED NAPOLEONS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Unfold pastry on a lightly floured surface; roll lightly to remove folds. Cut in half lengthwise. Cut each piece crosswise into 5 2" wide rectangles, and place on baking sheet. Bake 12- 14 minutes or until golden; remove to wire rack to cool.
• 2. Beat pudding mix and sour cream at low speed with an electric mixer until thickened, about 2 minutes. Fold in whipped topping.
• 3. Split pastry rectangles in half horizontally. Spoon about 3 tablespoons filling into bottom of halves, and top with 2 tablespoons of filling. Cover with top; drizzle with remaining fruit filling.

CHOCOLATE NAPOLEONS

Steps:

• On a lightly floured surface, roll pastry into a 12-in. square. Cut into twelve 4x3-in. rectangles. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 400° for 9-12 minutes or until puffed and golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool., In a small bowl, whisk milk and sour cream until smooth. Add pudding mix; whisk for 2 minutes or until blended. Refrigerate for 5 minutes. , To assemble, split each pastry in half. Spoon pudding mixture over bottom halves and replace tops. Combine confectioners' sugar and milk until smooth; drizzle over top. Drizzle with melted chocolate. Serve immediately.

VALENTINE NAPOLEONS

Steps:

• On a lightly floured surface, roll out each pastry sheet to 1/8-in. thickness. Using a 3-1/2-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out 12 hearts. Place on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 400° for 8-11 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks to cool., In a large bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix for 2 minutes (mixture will be thick). , In another large bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Beat in confectioners' sugar until soft peaks form. Fold into pudding., Split puff pastry hearts in half. Place bottom halves on serving plates. Spoon 1/4 cup filling over each; top with strawberries and pastry tops. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

A-1 CHOCOLATE COCO-CHERRY NAPOLEONS #A1

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. unfold your phyllo sheet and cut into 3 strips along the creases where the dough was folded. then cut each strip into 4 equal parts and place on a lighly sprayed baking sheet. bake for 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
• meanwhile in a sauce pan add a-1 sauce, vanilla extract, brown sugar, cayenne pepper and chocolate over low heat, stirring constantly until chocolate is melted and well incorporated ( approximately 5 minutes). add the cherries and heat until barely warmed through ( approximately 5 minutes) then set aside.
• remove your phyllo from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes. now it is time to assemble. take 3 squares of the phyllo dough and place one on a plate spread 1/8 cup of vanilla pudding, then take 2 tbsp of cherries through a slotted spoon and place on top of pudding, sprinkle with a 1/2 tbsp shredded coconut. place another phyllo square on top of that and repeat the same steps from the first layer. top with the last phyllo square, repeat theses steps until you have all 4 servings prepared. at this point take your whipped cream and in a circular motion decorate until you come to a peak, drizzle all 4 servings with the chocolate sauce reserved from the cherries on top of the whipped cream and serve.