Hojaldre de cabello de ángel is an old-fashioned dessert from Spain. It is probably best described as pumpkin jam pockets. The Spaniards have a much more colorful description for the pumpkin jam, “cabello de ángel” can be translated as “angel’s hair.” The pumpkin used for the jam is “hairy”, you can see it on the pictures. For that reason as it has this characteristic, it probably doesn’t sound as far fetched to call it hair of an angel. If you make both, the pumpkin jam and the puff pastry, you will need quite a bit of time. Both can be made it advance, but there is a bit of waiting involved. When I brought the dessert to my Spanish class, my Spanish teacher was reminiscing his childhood.
