Cherry Cream Cheese Danish
June's Daring Bakers' Challenge - Danish Braid.
This is a lovely and versatile recipe - for the complete text see Kelly of Sass & Veracity, and Ben of What’s Cookin’? Thanks to them for being the host and hostess this month - the recipe was well written and the explanations were great, with one exception. You cannot make this "on the counter" if you don't have a mixer - it will be a huge stinkin' mess! You have to just put it in a bowl and mix it up by hand - the dough is not that big, and it can be done in a large mixing bowl with a wooden spoon with no problem.
I made it twice - once with lemon and vanilla in the dough, once with orange rind. Both times I made sweet and savory versions - cherry cream cheese for the sweet, but oh the savory ones were fabulous - the sweetness of the danish dough is a great counterpoint to the saltiness of a savory filling.
Below is the individual danish with goat cheese and carmelized onions. I also did a cheese/tomato/basil braid, and a shrimp braid. All of them were so good! Though I can't say that eating an entire recipe of this dough in one weekend is really wise . . . .
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16 comments:
Oops I published my comment to the lemon cake by accident - sorry! Your Danish is beautiful, and I love the cherry-cream cheese combo. Yum!
What an interesting idea for a savory filling. They look great!
your braid and pastries look so good, i love your filling ideas. great work!
Looks lovely! Well done.
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Nicely done, Lisa!!! I love the savoury version you did ... great job!
Goat cheese and caramelized onions sound so yummy. Your braid looks great.
Those savory fillings sounds wonderful. Good job!
Lisa- Great job! The savory one sounds especially interesting. I had to forgo this months challenge. What a shame as they looked good.
So lovely! Nice job on the challenge. I especially love the little pastries, those are awesome.
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Wow.. your savory fillings just sound sooooo delicious!!! shrimp inside that dough would be heaven!!! yum yum yum!!!
*giggles* I did it on the counter and I was trying very hard not to make a mess... I did the well in the middle and sort of did it, it leaked at times but finally I was able to gather all the dough up and clean the mess the dough it was challenging! so I understand what you mean
Nice job! Wish I had added cherries too :)
Goat cheese and caramelized onions... I have my next savory flavorings lined up. Great job... I love your individual pastries too!
Mmm, that looks tempting indeed!!
Ari (Baking and Books)
I love, love, love the last one! Makes me want to make it again just to fill it with savories! Great job!
I was drooling over the sweet one and then I got to the savory, WOW. What a fantastic combo! I adore goat cheese, but that whole combo - PERFECT! :D
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