Layered Strawberry Cream Puff Cake (Mille-Feuille)
Layered Strawberry Cream Puff Cake (Mille-Feuille)
Author: The Chef
Cuisine: American
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
- 3 teaspoons sugar
CUSTARD
- 2 egg yolks
- ⅓ cup sugar (65 g)
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk (240 mL)
- 6 strawberries, sliced
Instructions
- In a microwave-safe bowl, whisk the yolks and sugar until pale in color.
- Add cornstarch and whisk well. Add the vanilla extract and milk. Whisk until well combined.
- Loosely cover the bowl with plastic wrap and microwave for 4 minutes, stirring halfway through. Remove plastic and stir.
- Cover with a plastic wrap and chill at least 30 minutes.
- Cut the thawed puff pastry into three equal-sized rectangles.
- Pierce each piece of puff pastry with a fork.
- Heat a nonstick pan over low heat. Place the puff pastry in the pan and cook for 10 minutes.
- Flip the puff pastry sheets, and place a lid on the top of the pan. Cook for 10 minutes.
- Remove the lid and sprinkle 1 teaspoon of sugar on sheet of puff pastry. Flip the pastry over so that the sugared side is on the bottom.
- Bring the heat up to high. Place a piece of parchment paper over the puff pastry and weigh it down with another pan. Once the surface is caramelized, about 1-2 minutes, remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature on a cooling rack.
- Place the custard in a piping bag fitting with an large round tip.
- Pipe the custard on one sheet of puff pastry. Top with a layer of sliced strawberries, then pipe another row of custard. Top with another sheet of puff pastry, custard, sliced strawberries, custard, and the remaining puff pastry sheet.
- Dust the top with powdered sugar.
- Enjoy!
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Posted by Tasty on Sunday, April 7, 2019
