Danish. Wait, didn’t I just do a post on Danish. Why, yes! Yes I did! The last one was Malgieri’s Danish Cheese Pockets from Bake! . This one is Malgieri’s Danish Cheese Pockets…huh! what! Yes, same thing, different book. This one is from Malgieri’s Modern Baker
These are made with Puff Pastry. The filling was just a little different, not in ingredients, but in porportions. There wasn’t any difference in taste. But there was a difference in technique. While the Bake! danish were made by folding in the corners around the filling and topping with a pastry ‘button’ these are made in muffin cups. Malgieri says he did them this way because often people have trouble getting the folded corners to stick together. It does make for a deeper pastry, but I kind of liked folding and ‘buttoning’ the danish pastry.
What I DID like about these is the fact that they are rolled in sugar which means they caramalize while baking.
How do they compare? I liked the Bake! danish [on the bottom] better but next time I will roll the dough in sugar like the ones in Modern Baker.
These are part of the Modern Baker Challenge .
Find them on page 209 of Malgieri’s The Modern Baker
August 22, 2011 at 7:20 AM
They look so good…these are next on my list!
August 22, 2011 at 8:48 AM
Interesting to hear the comparison on techniques as I always loe to hear the different ways things are done and how they turn out. They both sound wonderful, what’s not to love about pastry and cheese?
August 22, 2011 at 6:10 PM
I initially thought these were just like the Bake! ones that we already made, then I saw that they are baked in muffin tins. I like that idea and can’t wait to try them.
August 22, 2011 at 9:18 PM
Mmm…I’ll have one of each, please. Just for testing purposes, of course!
August 23, 2011 at 8:47 AM
Wow looks like you did a really good job making these !
August 23, 2011 at 9:18 AM
I am loving all these Danish and puff pastry posts. I have some puff pastry in the freezer – what a fun way to use it up.
September 19, 2011 at 4:02 PM
Oh, those look soooo good right now! Thank you so much for the comparison between the two recipes in each book. I really want to try these next.