Persimmon Puffs

Chef Azuki just received a bag of persimmons and wanted to use them in a recipe.  So today we ventured to the grocery store and bought puff pastry shells and instant pudding to create this new delicious recipe.  The bright orange color and sweet pumpkin spice enhanced flavor of the persimmon shouts out, "Welcome to Autumn's Magic!"

Persimmon Puffs

Ingredients:
1 package puff pastry sheets
2 persimmons
1/2 tsp. pumpkin spice
1 tsp. sugar
1 1.5 oz box of instant vanilla pudding
2 Cups of Almond Milk

Directions:
1.  Preheat oven to 425 degrees
2.  Prepare persimmons by cutting into quarters then cut into slices and in half again, making
      little fanned shaped persimmon pieces.
3.  Sprinkle pumpkin spice and sugar on top and mix together gently with a fork
4.  Place puff pastry shells in oven
5.  Cook for 8 - 10 minutes or until golden and puffed
6.  Cool for five minutes
7.  Meanwhile, prepare the pudding by whisking together pudding mix and almond milk.
8.  Remove the tops of the puffs
9.  Fill with vanilla pudding
10. Top with persimmons (Create a flower on the top with persimmon petals)
11. Put back in the oven for 5-8 minutes
12.  Save the tops also.  You can flip them over and bake, making little side desserts
       by sprinkling with pumpkin spice and sugar  (They're almost like doughnut holes)
13.  Remove them from the oven and cool for 5 minutes

I love the smell of pumpkin spice.  Can't wait to dig into my Persimmon Puff!  Oh, it's so yummy!  Persimmons always remind me of the bags our Bachan (grandmother) gave us at this time of
the year. How amazing that the flavors of fall return every October!

BeaNspirations: The season's magic grows from the ground at just the right moment!