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Guava and Cream Cheese Pastry

By Ruth Cousineau

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Guava and Cream Cheese PastryStephanie Foley

This riff on a jalousie, a type of sweet whose top pastry lets you peek at the sweet filling within, features golden puff pastry filled with stripes of sweetened cream cheese and lush guava paste. Test kitchen director Ruth Cousineau conceived of this pastry as a dessert, but it would also make a decadent breakfast treat.

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