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France · Pâtisserie française
Vanilla mille-feuille
Three bands of crisp puff pastry, a vanilla pastry cream and a marbled fondant icing.
translation Translated from French. Translation by Camille Roussel. Read the original
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- Servings
- 8
- Preparation
- 60 min
- Cooking
- 35 min
- Resting
- 240 min
- Total
- 335 min
- Difficulty
- Advanced
Cuisine / tradition: Pâtisserie française (FR) — declared by the author
- Pastry
- Dessert
- Baked
- Celebration
Ingredients
For 8 servings
- 500 g all-butter puff pastry
- 500 ml whole milk
- 1 piece vanilla pod
- 5 piece egg yolks
- 100 g sugar
- 40 g cornflour
- 20 g butter
- 200 g icing sugar for the glaze
- 20 g melted dark chocolate
- 1 tbsp icing sugar for the pastry
Method
- Step 1. Roll the puff pastry to 3 mm, prick it, lay it on a tray, cover with baking paper and a second tray. Bake at 190 °C until golden. Dust with icing sugar and caramelise for a few minutes at 220 °C.⏱ 35 min
- Step 2. For the cream: heat the milk with the split vanilla pod. Whisk the yolks, sugar and cornflour, pour in the hot milk, return to the heat and cook, whisking, until thick.⏱ 8 min
- Step 3. Off the heat, stir in the butter. Press cling film onto the surface and cool completely.⏱ 120 min
- Step 4. Cut the pastry into three bands of the same size. Whisk the pastry cream smooth and spread it on two bands.
- Step 5. Stack the bands. Cover the top with an icing of icing sugar and a little water, draw lines of melted chocolate and marble them with the tip of a knife.
- Step 6. Chill for two hours before cutting with a serrated knife.⏱ 120 min
Story and cultural note
The mille-feuille relies on the contrast between a deeply baked, crisp pastry and a soft cream. To keep the layers flat, the pastry is baked under a heavy tray.
Diet and allergens
Information declared by the author. CookHuddle does not verify or certify it. If you have an allergy, check the ingredients yourself.
DietVegetarianNut-free
ContainsGluten (cereals)MilkEggs
