Recipe: Strawberry Pastries (using frozen puff pastry dough)

STRAWBERRY PASTRIES

1 sheet frozen puff pastry (from a 17 and 1/2 ounce package)
1 (3.4 ounce) package instant French Vanilla pudding
1 cup low-fat milk
1 cup vanilla nonfat yogurt
2 pints fresh strawberries

Remove frozen pastry from package, do not unfold. Thaw at room temperature for 20 minutes.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

On a work surface, gently unfold pastry. Cut into 4 strips (2 1/4-inches wide). Cut each strip crosswise into 3 pieces.

Bake on ungreased baking sheet until puffed and golden, about 12 to 15 minutes. Place baking sheet on a wire rack to cool.

Prepare pudding, according to package directions, but use 1 cup of milk and 1 cup of vanilla yogurt in place of the liquid called for.

Using a serrated knife, halve pastries horizontally. Hull and slice strawberries.

Place the halves of pastries on serving plates. Spoon about 3 tablespoons of pudding onto bottom halves of pastries. Spoon berries over pudding. Cover with pastry tops. Sift powdered sugar over tops. Serve immediately.

From: Donna-Gaylord, MI, 03-20-2000