Get ready for a pretty image-heavy post! I finally dared to make puff pastry. I'm not gonna lie, it takes a lot of hours and a lot of patience. But it's not too difficult and the results are worth your work. If you follow my step-by-step, you will end up with 1kg of homemade puff pastry that you can use or freeze for future pastries! So let the fun begin!
The first recipe that I wanted to attempt with my homemade puff pastry was this Rhubarb and Cream Cheese Danish. Now, maybe you are unaware of this, but rhubarb is not something that is typically used here where I live. It actually took me quite a lot of time to find, and I had to go to "La Boqueria" which is a market place where you can find nearly anything, or at least, the rare things that you will not find in a supermarket. I actually took you there last summer. Even there, the vendor I asked for help thought I was from Germany, because people do not use rhubarb here.
Then, will you ask, how come you wanted it so desperately? It all started some time ago, I didn't have the blog yet, and I found a story that I fell in love with. Amazingly well written, it described vividly the colors, the smells and flavors of a love story that took place in a farmers market. Each chapter belonged to a month, and each month was matched with the fruit that was in season. The way the author described the simple act of biting into a peach was breathtaking.
Recently I re-read the story and I became obsessed again. I thought it would be fun to try and recreate the recipes, or at least, to make a recipe each month related to the fruit or vegetable that it was about. Therefore, in April: Rhubarb.
