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• Napoleon pastries filled with avocado pastry cream

We have a tradition in our family, when going out for any celebrations, we do not order dessert at restaurants, instead we all gather at our daughters home and enjoy what ever dessert I make with a hot cup of fragrant tea or espresso. I usually ask in advance “What would you like me to bake”? This time for Father’s Day, my daughter said: “I can’t remember for how long, mom, you didn’t bake Napoleons”. Being a good mother, I always do my best to fulfill my children’s and grandchildren’s requests. When we returned from the restaurant and I opened a large carton box with the green Napoleon pastries, there was a very funny reaction: “What happened? Did you think it’s Saint Patrick’s?” When I explained that this weeks contest’s theme at food52 is “your best dishes with avocado”, everybody looked at me with great pity, which I translated: “Poor mom is getting a little abscessed”. Little did they know that on the way to the restaurant, I also sneaked into their freezer another green concoction “ Avocado-Mascarpone Semifreddo”, which seeing the reaction on the green Napoleons, I decided not to mention. Any way, I convinced them to taste the pastries and everybody was pleasantly surprised how delicious they were. The avocado, lime zest and juice add an unexpected savoriness and lightness to the rich pastry cream and crispy puff pastry.

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