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Mille-Feuille with Vanilla Cream

Mille-Feuille with Vanilla Cream

Prep time: 90 minServes: 6

Pairs with

The pastry's crunch and vanilla's classic sweetness match sparkling Vouvray demi-sec or Crémant de Loire.

Ingredients

  • 500 g puff pastry (preferably inverse)
  • Vanilla cream:
  • 500 ml milk
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 100 g sugar
  • 40 g cornflour
  • 30 g butter
  • 200 ml cream, whipped
  • Glaze:
  • Icing sugar
  • A little water
  • Dark chocolate for decoration

Method

  1. 1Roll the pastry thin. Prick with a fork. Bake between two trays at 200 °C for 15 minutes. Press flat. Bake 10 more minutes until golden. Cut into 18 rectangles.
  2. 2Vanilla cream: Boil milk with vanilla. Whisk yolks, sugar and cornflour. Pour the milk in while whisking. Cook to a thick custard. Stir in butter. Chill. Fold in whipped cream.
  3. 3Assemble: pastry — cream — pastry — cream — pastry. Dust with icing sugar and decorate with melted chocolate.