This post has been sponsored by the Sweet Wine Club. All opinions expressed are my own.
A creamy chocolate-hazelnut and orange filling are swathed in layers of crisped puff pastry, and then finished off with a super simple glaze. Delicious and elegant without being pretentious, these pastries are perfect for Mother’s Day, and pair excellently alongside a sweet Rosé.
In the movie Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Michael Caine and Steve Martin’s characters have a brief back and forth about wine. “You can’t drink them, Freddy, they’re far too valuable,” Caine’s character remarks. “So you sell them?” Martin’s character asks. “I’d never sell them, they mean too much to me,” Cain replies with biting indignance.
In those three lines, the best and worst of ‘wine culture’ is perfectly encapsulated. Marking vintages in dusty cellars, and gawking at the prices of boutique wineries have become traditions unto themselves, and let’s be honest such wine has always been more of an ‘decoration’ and ‘object’ as opposed to a beverage. I myself am guilty of this, since in just the few years that I’ve been reviewing and featuring wine professionally, I’ve developed a small reservoir of bottles that “mean too much to me” to part with – I can never really see myself popping them open, nor have I any intention of selling them. Instead, they function as bottled conversational pieces, the unwitting trophies I’ve collected almost by accident during my digital tour of the world of wine.
Nevertheless, wine, like almost all other industries within the realm of food and drink, is first and foremost about enjoyment – and that’s precisely where today’s featured wine club comes in.
“People think dry, but they ultimately drink sweet,” is one of the first things you’re taught when you begin learning about wine from the perspective of entertaining and reviewing. In other words, there’s a reason ‘Xenomavro’ grapes, and the so-called ‘black acid’ wine they produce has never quite broken into the mainstream. People prefer, and thoroughly enjoy, less challenging varietals – and understandably so.
Now, I’m not saying to default to ‘fun’ bottles of non-dry wines for every occasion, but if you’re looking to throw a pleasant, lighthearted spring themed party, or if you want to give a few bottles as a gift but you aren’t quite sure what direction to go in – “Think dry, but drink sweet.”
For example, let’s say you’re hosting a luncheon out on your porch, perhaps just light desserts – a ‘bite of something sweet.’ Perhaps you’re serving something along the lines of today’s recipe – perhaps Chocolate and Hazelnut Puff Pastries. The ideal wine would be something light, something ‘not dry,’ but definitely not a wine that’s a sugary fruit juice masquerading as wine. Instead, you would want something ‘pleasantly sweet,’ something ‘mature but lighthearted’ – like the pastries themselves.
Chocolate Hazelnut Pastries and Sweet Rosé
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 1 dozen 1x
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 1 cup chocolate hazelnut spread
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- Confectioner's sugar for dusting
- Icing for drizzling (recipe below)
- 1 egg and 1 teaspoon water, whisked for egg wash
Simple Icing:
- 3/4 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1 tablespoon whole milk
Instructions
- In a bowl, stir chocolate hazelnut spread, orange juice, and zest. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- On a well-floured surface, roll out puff pastry dough into a 10x10 rectangle.
- Divide the rectangle with a pastry cutter into equal length rectangles about 3x3 inch.
- Spoon about 2 teaspoons worth of chocolate filling into the center of each rectangle. Brush the edges of the rectangle with the egg wash and fold over into a triangle. Crimp the edges with a fork and place each pastry on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Brush each pastry with the remaining egg wash.
- Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden and edges are a little bubbly.
- Remove and let cool to room temp before drizzling with icing. Before serving dust with confectioner's sugar if desired. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
To fit that bill, consider signing up with the Sweet Wine Club, and you’ll receive exactly those sorts of wines. In today’s box, for example, we received a Stella Rosa Ruby Rosé Grapefruit, a Stella Rosa Passionfruit Mango, and a Stella Rosa Imperial Orange Moscato.
The Stella Rosa Passionfruit Mango is a classic ‘fruit bomb,’ opening with vibrant summer fruit essences, both from its base varietal and the natural mango and passionfruit added flavorings. On the palate, the wine is satiny in texture, with mixed fruits filling the mouth from start to finish, creating an instantly refreshing and very pleasant drinking experience.
The Stella Rosa Ruby Rosé Grapefruit is an interesting bottle. What is an otherwise sweet and fruity wine is offered an uncharacteristic complexity and ‘pucker-yness’ from its added grapefruit flavorings. This creates at sort of ‘sweet sour punch’ mouthfeel and flavor to the wine. Definitely serve this chilled, as the winemakers themselves suggest, preferably with company and something light and fruity as a pairing.
Finally, we received a Stella Rosa Imperiale Moscato Orange, which is what I’ll describe as a ‘down to earth sparkler’ with a splash of orange zest on the nose, and orange essence on the palate, which creates a perfect spring bubbly for your outdoor luncheon with friends, or just an ‘anytime’ bubbly for the weekend.
With all of that out the way, if you would like to try these or similar wines for yourself, visit the Sweet Wine Club, and sign up to receive a quarterly box containing three sweet wines along with a free surprise gift, as well as suggested food pairings and recipes with each shipment. You can cancel anytime, and with each box shipped Sweet Wine Club supplies a person in need with a year’s supply of clean water.
That said, I thoroughly enjoyed what I received from the Sweet Wine Club, and can wholeheartedly recommend them to my readers.
This message is intended for those 21+. Please enjoy responsibly. Cheers!
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Gloria Roa Baker says
these look delicious and i love sweet rose, an amazing.wine.
Have a wonderful mom´s day !
i have a hard fall this week so im not sure if iwill make something!
i wrote here with my left hand ! hugs
Cristina Petrini says
Fantasy, passion and quality maybe for a mother's day between friends like for me and my mom ...
Jenny MacKenzie says
I wish I could reach through the photo and snatch these right out of it! Just in time for Mother’s Day too!
Melissa Dixon says
That looks really good. I would enjoy this spread with my husband, he loves these flavors too.
kumamonjeng says
The pastries look so pretty and should taste very good, I love hazelnut. Recently I was in Portugal Sintra and tasted one of the best hazelnuts pastries called "travesseiros" the shape is like a pillow. The pastry is so popular that everyone who visited Sintra has to come and queue for one travesseiros. Your post has reminded me of the taste of the pastries in Sintra, I shall try in this weekends.
angiesrecipes says
Those pastries with chocolate hazelnut spread look absolutely droolworthy!
Chiara says
Oh, these are to die for ,Happy Mother's Day dear Catherine, a warm hug !!
Wren says
Those look simply delicious. Nothing beats a delicious pastry and some wine!
Jackie says
These sound so yummy and would be great for my book club!
Soph says
I actually only really like sweeter wines. These pastries look so delicious!
Soph - https://sophhearts.com x
Lisa says
You've really got me going with these pastries and wine combination! It looks so good right now!
Monidipa Dutta says
The combination sounds really great and truly it is worth a try. And I will give it a try with my man. These made me hungry.
Alicia B says
Yes! I love the Stella Rosa Mango but had not seen the Grapefruit option yet. I cannot wait to find a bottle near me. Going to go look today.
Jasemine Denise says
Ohhh, this looks DELICIOUS! I love every flavor of Stella Rosa I've ever tried too. It's like my choice wine! <3 Also, love love love hazelnut. This may just be a recipe I have to try!
sheenam | thetwincookingproject says
Love creating recipes with puff pastry!! This looks so delicious.
DAVID J MYERS says
Catherine, Those pastries look wonderful! I could eat 6 - 8 of them in one sitting... Have a great Mother's Day! Big Daddy Dave
Claire Lee says
Omg, those look so delicious!! I absolutely love chocolate hazelnut everything.
Catherine Santiago Jose says
Wow, seeing this makes my mouthwatering. It looks hard but I still want to try to make this as a gift for my mom on this Mother's Day!
Karin says
That looks so amazing! I will have to try this with my family. I can’t wait to try it! I bet it’s going to be delicious.
Amy says
Wow, I have never tried this recipe looks really delicious and easy. I will try to make this for my kids, thanks for sharing!
natalie says
Oh gosh these look amazing, I could eat one now. Chocolate hazelnut is my favourite!!
siennylovesdrawing says
Thanks for this great recipe sharing, love hazelbuts & this definitely a delicious pastries recipe. let’s enjoy healthy eating life. cheers, siennylovesdrawing
Elaine Benoit says
I love hazelnut and chocolate together! Your pastries look so delicious! And I can imagine the rosé pairs well with them!
lauren says
I can almost taste the crispy, butter puff pastry and melty chocolate just looking at these photos! I love finding wines are pair great with dessert and this sweet rosé sounds so perfect for that. Love the addition of orange too, such a great idea!
Dan from Platter Talk says
Sweet rose, chocolate, and hazelnut? Clearly, I'm in heaven with this combination! Gorgeous photos and such a decedent idea for an indulgence!
Jenni says
These pastries look amazing! Love that you added orange zest to the chocolate hazelnut spread! I also really enjoyed all the information about the wine! I do tend to lean more towards dry and less sweet, but I enjoyed learning about these bottles and look forward to trying them!
Veronika's Kitchen says
I love Rose any time of the year, but especially for Summer! These chocolate hazelnut pastries look so perfect and a great pairing with this summer drink!
Nicoletta says
The combination must be sooo delicious! My mouth is watering at the thought 🙂 .
NAti says
I'm not terrible fan of sweet wine, but with this dessert, it all sounds really delicious!
Lori | The Kitchen Whisperer says
I love how easy and delicious these look! Definitely something to save for a cookout and backyard gathering!
Natalie says
These puff pastries look incredible. I absolutely love flavor pairings you made here. What a lovely thing to serve for parties. I must give this a try.
Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness says
I just got sent 6 bottles of wine, and I am moving to a new country next month!! I can't think about new wines right now, but I will definitely look into this once i get settled in to my new place 🙂
Lorie says
Huuuuuge Nutella fan and a huuuuuuge Rosé fan so I feel like I’m about to have one heck of a treat with these goodies!!! And orange sounds amazing to combine!
Analida Braeger says
These look so dangerously delicious, and the rosé? Count me in to finish the bottle 😉 Just kidding, seriously!
Daniela says
You had me at chocolate and hazelnut! Sounds like such a dream combo! Yum :).
Kara says
I have to admit that I prefer a dry white wine, but ocassionally a rose slips in