Plum breakfast pastries

MAKES 6- 8

I love to whip these up for breakfast – they’re very fast to prep and cook, and so much cheaper than ducking out to buy Danish pastries from a bakery.

300g store- bought puff pastry

¾ cup store- bought custard

3- 4 large ripe plums, halved,

peeled and de-stoned

½ tsp cinnamon

1 egg, whisked for egg wash Icing sugar, to dust

1 Preheat oven to 190oC.

Lightly dust an oven tray with flour.

2 Cut the pastry into 8-10cm discs. Set out on the tray and score a circle, about 1cm, inside the pastry edge of each disc.

3 Dollop custard inside the scored circles and top with a plum half, with the cut side down. Sprinkle the plum with some cinnamon.

4 Brush the exposed pastry with egg wash, then bake for 25-35 minutes or until puffed up and golden brown.

5 Cool and dust with icing sugar.

Nici’s n ote. . .• Instead of custard, try a mix of brown sugar (to taste) with either cream cheese, sour cream or crème fraîche.