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February 10, 2020

Raspberry Nutella puff pastry heart: easy Valentine’s dessert!

In today’s post: You only need 5 ingredients for this pretty raspberry nutella puff pastry heart – a perfect easy Valentine’s Day dessert or sweet breakfast!

I’ve mentioned before that I’m an under-celebrator when it comes to most holidays. Take Valentine’s Day: no one in my house (including myself) is getting boxes of chocolates or cute pink teddy bears or bunches of roses – spending money on that sort of stuff just isn’t my style. In fact, my “style” for most holidays can be summed up in one word: food. My mom taught me years ago that food is the best gift for any occasion, and she hasn’t been wrong yet! 😉

So that’s how we celebrate Valentine’s Day (and pretty much any other holiday) at our house: with food and time together as a family. This year I’m making this pretty raspberry + nutella puff pastry heart: it’s gorgeous, easy, and delicious.

Heart shaped puff pastry filled with nutella and topped with rasperry jam and powdered sugar

To tell you the truth, up until last week I’d never baked with puff pastry before. I usually do as much of my baking as possible from scratch, but the idea of making homemade puff pastry is fairly intimidating – I’ve seen them do it on the Great British Baking Show and someone always makes a giant mess of it. So I figured I might as well give the frozen kind a try, and it worked like a dream.

The process is easy: just layer puff pastry, nutella, and more puff pastry, then cut, twist, and bake.

Heart shaped puff pastry filled with nutella on a cutting board

Afterward, sprinkle it with powdered sugar and drizzle with raspberry jam for a sweet, flakey concoction that melts in your mouth. My kids are already asking me when I’m making this one again!

How to make a raspberry nutella puff pastry heart

Watch this video to see how to make it. More detailed instructions follow.

 

This raspberry nutella puff pastry heart is an easy Valentine's dessert everyone will love! Quick and easy recipe.
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Raspberry Nutella Puff Pastry Heart

You only need 5 ingredients for this pretty raspberry nutella puff pastry heart - a perfect easy Valentine's Day dessert or sweet breakfast!
Prep Time3 mins
Cook Time20 mins
Thawing time45 mins
Total Time23 mins
Course: Dessert
Keyword: Valentines
Servings: 12

Ingredients

  • 2 sheets Frozen Puff Pastry 1 box, 17 oz total
  • 1/2 cup Nutella
  • 1 Egg
  • Powdered Sugar
  • 1/3 cup Raspberry Jam

Instructions

  • Thaw the puff pastry for about 45 minutes on counter until soft enough to roll out, but still very cold.
  • Meanwhile, cut a heart template from paper that is 11-12 inches wide. 
  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Unfold one piece of pastry and roll it out slightly until it's just bigger than the heart. 
  • Use a pizza cutter to cut out the heart, and repeat with the other pastry.
  • Place one heart on a cookie sheet liner. Spread it with 1/2 cup nutella. Top with the other heart.
  • Make cuts from the edge of the heart almost to the middle, about 1 inch apart, all the way around the heart. Leave the pieces attached in the middle.
  • Twist each piece as shown in the blog post.
  • Beat one egg with 1 tablespoon water and brush over surface of heart.
  • Bake 20 minutes until puffed and golden brown.
  • Sprinkle with powdered sugar and drizzle with jam. Serve warm or at room temperature.
  • Pastry tastes best if eaten within a few hours.

Notes:

  • You’ll buy the puff pastry frozen. It needs to sit on the countertop to thaw for about 45 minutes before using. You want it to be just thawed enough that you can roll it out slightly, but still cold so it’s easy to work with.
  • While the pastry is thawing, cut a heart template. I used a piece of 12×12 inch paper and folded it in half and cut out a heart. If you don’t have 12×12 paper, just tape two pieces of 8.5×11 paper together to make an 11 inch square, then cut a heart that’s as big as possible from the square.
  • Unfold the first piece of pastry and place it on parchment paper or a cookie sheet liner. Roll it out slightly until it’s big enough to cut the heart out of. Use a pizza cutter to cut around the heart template. Repeat with the other piece of pastry.
  • Spread 1/2 cup of nutella on the first pastry heart. Place the second pastry heart on top, and gently press the edges of the heart together.

Puff pastry cut in heart shape, spread with Nutella, topped with more pastry then sliced and twisted

  • Starting at the bottom, slice up from the point of the heart almost to the center. Continue making slices all the way around the heart, about 1 inch apart, as shown above. Do not slice all the way through the heart – make sure each section is still connected to the center.
  • Starting at the top, twist each slice away from the center, as shown in the video. Continue all the way around the heart until it looks like the photo above.
  • Beat one egg with a tablespoon of water and brush it over the entire heart. This helps it get a nice golden brown color.
  • Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes until puffed, golden brown, and cooked through.
  • Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Place about 1/3 cup of raspberry jam in a bag and knead it a few times to break up any lumps. Cut off a small piece at the corner of the bag and “pipe” the jam on top of the heart. Serve warm or at room temperature.

A Valentine\'s dessert puff pastry heart filled with nutella and topped with raspberry

I think this tastes best still warm, but it’s very good once cooled to room temperature as well. However, I wouldn’t make it more than a few hours before you plan to eat it as it loses some of it’s delicate flakiness after a few hours. Enjoy!

A piece of cake sitting on top of a wooden cutting board, with Pastry and Nutella

Looking for more Valentines’ Day fun? Visit these posts:

35 Adorable Valentine Card Ideas

Heart shaped cinnamon rolls for an easy Valentines breakfast

Conversation heart cake pops

25 easy Valentine’s treats you can make with your kids 

Shot through the heart (shaped) brownies

4 ways to make heart shaped cake without a special cake tin

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  1. Anita Pepe says

    January 21, 2018 at 9:06 pm

    Can you use a different filling – nut allergies

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  2. Debbie says

    February 3, 2018 at 3:05 pm

    Can you prep it with out baking and just leave in fridge til ready to bake ?

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    • Jennifer says

      February 12, 2018 at 9:34 am

      I am wondering the same thing-I don’t want to try cutting with a pizza cutter at 5am, which is when I would have to be up to bake it!

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    • autumn says

      February 12, 2018 at 2:35 pm

      Hi Debbie. I’ve never tried it, but I think it might work. As long as the puff pastry stays really cold and you cover it well so it doesn’t dry out I think it should be ok…but like I said I haven’t tried it so I’m not completely sure!

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  3. Pam says

    February 10, 2018 at 5:21 pm

    Wow! Must try this on Wednesday, Valentine’s Day!

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  4. Katrina McIntosh says

    February 14, 2018 at 7:28 pm

    I made this for our Sailing Club mixer tonight, there wasn’t a flake left! I substituted Hershey’s chocolate spread instead of Nutella (I know, sad to say, my husband and I don’t like that stuff) and used strawberry instead of raspberry jam. It was delicious and so easy to make. Thank you for sharing!

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