Nutella puff pastry braids with pecan

Ingredients

• 4 sheets puff pastry
• 2 heaping tablespoons Nutella
• 12 pecans
• a generous handful of coconut flakes (or shavings)

Instructions

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   1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. 2. It's handy to use a cutting board that doesn't stick too much when braiding the pastry. Let the puff pastry thaw briefly and then place the sheets with the sticky side down on the board. On each side, make about 4 to 5 cuts, but leave about 3 centimetres free in the middle. Spread a generous amount of Nutella down the center and place 3 pecans on top. Finish with some coconut flakes. Now let's braid! Take the top right strip and lay it diagonally down over the filling. Do the same on the left, then right, left, until a kind of braid forms. Tuck the last fold slightly inward. So it looks like a braid, but you're basically just laying strips of puff pastry over each other.

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   3. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and carefully place the braids on it. Now they go into the oven for about 10 minutes. Check afterwards: are they still pale? Then leave them in a little longer. Are they nicely golden brown? Then your delicious chocolate braids are ready!