Lemon Berry Puff Pastries {With Homemade Lemon Curd}

Homemade lemon curd, fresh berries, and ready-made puff pasty shells combine for a refreshingly simple dessert. Thank you Pepperidge Farm for inspiring and sponsoring this delicious recipe.

The month of May makes me think of the color yellow. It is bright, beautiful, and fresh with spring and hints of summer. It also makes me think of my favorite scent, lemons. Lemon is my all time favorite scent, lemonade is my favorite drink, and yellow is one of my favorite colors.

I’d been craving lemon curd lately so this was the perfect opportunity to make up a quick batch and add some of my favorite fresh berries on top. How pretty would these pastries be for a brunch, baby shower, or even a backyard summer dinner? The best part is that they come together without the effort of making puff pastry from scratch. I’ve done that several times, and while it isn’t hard to make, it does take pretty much all day. It definitely isn’t something that you could just whip up.

Lemon Berry Pastry Shells {With Homemade Lemon Curd}

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Makes 6

1 box. Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Shells

Fresh Berries

Homemade Lemon Curd (recipe below)

Have you made lemon curd before? It takes about 15 minutes, is incredibly easy to make, and a heck of a lot cheaper than buying a jar from the store. You need fresh lemons, sugar, egg yolks, and butter. That’s it.

Homemade Lemon Curd

1/3 c. fresh lemon juice

1 tsp. lemon zest

1/2 c. sugar

5 T. butter

4 egg yolks

Combine all ingredients into a sauce pan (except for the butter) and heat on med-high. Stir constantly with a wooden spoon, scraping the sides as well, until it thickens and sticks to the spoon (about 5-7 minutes). Remove from heat and stir in butter, 1 T. at a time.

Transfer to a bowl and cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour before using. It will thicken and set up as it refrigerates.

While the curd is in the refrigerator, prepare Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry shells. These are as easy as heating the oven to 425 degrees, and setting them on a baking sheet. No thawing necessary. Bake 15-18 minutes or until golden brown. Look how much they puff up! The steam during baking makes the layers rise about 8 times higher.

Once the pastries have cooled, remove the tops and fill with a scoop of lemon curd.

Garnish with your favorite seasonal fruits and serve.

Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry can be found in the freezer isle of the grocery store and comes in cups, sheets, or shells. Each is the perfect blank slate to add your favorite toppings or fillings. Will you go savory with some chicken or cheese or will you go sweet with pie fillings and creams? I still can’t decide which I prefer which is why I will just have to continue to make both.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry.

Comments

Michele Soto says
May 18, 2015 at 7:49 am

I can’t wait to make these, however I noticed the measurement for the butter wasn’t included in the list of ingredients. I’m guessing it’s a half a stick of butter by the photo? Thank you again for your wonderful ideas!

- Brandy says
  May 18, 2015 at 8:13 am
  
  Michele! Thanks for noticing that!! I’ve corrected the recipe and it should say 5T butter. I hope you love these as much as I do 🙂
  
Rebecca says
May 19, 2015 at 8:55 am

Can the lemon curd be canned?

- Brandy says
  May 19, 2015 at 2:20 pm
  
  I haven’t canned it before, but have friends who have! I think you can use a water bath canner to process them.
  
- Kiersten says
  May 23, 2015 at 9:01 am
  
  You can freeze it
  
Kiersten says
May 23, 2015 at 9:03 am

Do you have a powerful blender? I make my lemon curd in my Blendtec. It takes half the time and is even easier if you can imagine that!

- Brandy says
  May 23, 2015 at 1:13 pm
  
  I have a ninja. I wouldn’t even know how to make it in the blender! Will have to look it up!
  
vrmm26 says
May 30, 2016 at 4:07 pm

These look good! Love puff pastry. Visiting from Two Uses Tuesday.

Little Miss Dexterous says
May 30, 2016 at 6:49 pm

These look AMAZING! Pinning and sharing!

Morgan says
June 1, 2016 at 10:09 am

These look so delicious and so simple! those cups are too cool.

Lisa @ Fun Money Mom says
June 1, 2016 at 6:10 pm

Wow…these look so delicious!!! I love lemon and it’s the perfect summer treat!

CJ Huang says
June 2, 2016 at 2:29 pm

Loving these puff pastries! I bet the tart lemon and the sweet berries perfectly complement each other in a wonderfully summery treat! 🙂

My Mommy Style says
June 2, 2016 at 4:18 pm

Yummy! thanks for sharing

Suzy Godfrey says
June 3, 2016 at 5:29 am

Looks easy and so yummy!

JESS44903 says
June 3, 2016 at 12:37 pm

I bet these are so amazing! YUM! 🙂

I’d love for you to share it with my Recipe and Crafts Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/

Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!

Miz Helen says
June 4, 2016 at 10:14 am

We love Puff Pastry desserts, this looks delicious! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great weekend!
Miz Helen

gracefulcoffee says
June 4, 2016 at 11:36 am

These look so yummy! I love any kind of pastry 🙂

Blessings,
Edye | http://gracefulcoffee.wordpress.com

gwingal says
June 6, 2016 at 1:27 pm

I need one of these right. this. very. minute.
🙂 gwingal

danielle says
June 10, 2016 at 2:35 pm

This sounds great! We featured it on our Friday Frenzy today. Stop by and check it out.

Lemon Berry Puff Pastries {With Homemade Lemon Curd}

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