Cherry Pin Wheels

Everyone with an office job and a love of creative breakfasts should stock up on puff pastry - you know, the ready made kind you keep in the freezer. This mini obsession kept me happy for quite a while, brought on partly by just how little it takes to make a decent pastry. So far, I've played around with mango, peach, cherry, pear, apple and chocolate. These cherry pin wheels were not just delicious, but pretty to boot :)

Ingredients (makes 4):
4 square sheets of frozen puff pastry, thawed.
5 tbsp cherries (I used cherries from a jar, which were left over in my pantry, but fresh ones, stone removed, would be even better)
3 tbsp raspbery jam
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 egg

Icing:
1/2 cup icing sugar
3 tbsp water


Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

2. Mix the cherries, raspberry jam and lemon juice.

3. Place the puff pastry sheets on a sheet of baking parchment. Divide the cherry mixture over the four puff pastry sheets, placing it in little mounds in the center of each sheet.

4. Whisk the egg and brush it over the surface of the puff pastry.

5. Cut a line diagonally through each corner of the puff pastry square, effectively splitting the corners in two. Then take the left side of each corner and fold it towards the middle, pressing down a little at the end to make sure they stick.

6. Place in oven for about roughly 15 minutes, or until a nice golden brown.

7. Whisk the icing sugar and water (milk will do too) together. If too thick, add a little more liquid. Drizzle over the pin wheels.