BROWN BUTTER ROSE BAKLAVA COOKIES.

Baklava is one of those desserts that are super addictive, once you have one, you want to keep going! This rolled phyllo pastry desserts are a Middle Eastern specialty that are typically filled with pistachios, assorted nuts, drenched in butter and are glazed in a honey or rose simple syrup. I thought to myself wouldn’t it be interesting to add this delicious crunchy, nutty, honey dessert into a cookie? The brown butter in the sugar cookie dough complements the nuttiness of the baklava and a touch of rose water adds a floral dimension. Chopped pistachio, chopped walnut, rose petals and a heaping scoop of chopped baklava get mixed in to create a sweet, fudgy studded sugar cookie.

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White Peach Mascarpone Tart

Buttery rough puff pastry gets topped with honey sweetened mascarpone pastry cream and topped with fresh peaches and raspberries. The delicate, sweet white peaches get poached in a fresh, crisp white wine poaching liquid sweetened with orange blossom, vanilla and hints of lemon. The sweetened poached peaches get arranged on a honey sweetened mascarpone pastry cream, along with the peach poaching liquid reduction. The subtle hints of lemon and white peach in Cakebread Cellar’s Chardonnay add the perfect dimension of tang and freshness to the poached peaches while pairing perfectly with the thick creamy mascarpone cream.

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