Homemade Kiortosh

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Jewish

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 35

Servings:

Calories: 1537kcal

1 sheet puff pastry
¼ cup melted butter or vegan butter
¼ cup sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon
1 cup chopped nuts of choice almonds, pistachios, walnuts, pecans are all perfect

Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and preheat oven to 350℉/180℃.
Wrap a rolling pin with tin foil including the handles. Tighten it well and spread with butter or cooking spray.
Cut puff pastry into thick strips lengthwise. Begin rolling strip by strip around the rolling pin as tight as possible with no space between strips. Roll gently to even it out. (see video)
Brush melted butter over wrapped dough.
On a large plate or bowl big enough to if the rolling pin, combine sugar, cinnamon and nuts. Roll the dough in the mixture using your hands to help cover the pastry well.
Transfer the dough wrapped rolling pin to prepared sheet pan and place in oven. Bake 15 minutes or until golden brown and smelling delicious. Remove from oven to cool.
Meanwhile prepare the cream filling. In the bowl of a mixer add mascarpone cream, heavy cream and pudding powder and whip until you get a nice thick mixture. Fold in dried fruit.
Remove cooled pastry carefully from rolling pin. Cut kiortosh in half crosswise, spread melted chocolate inside each and fill with cream. Drizzle more chocolate over top and enjoy. You can also enjoy the pastry on it's own or on the side of the cream mixture.