Napoleon Slice.

Napoleon Slice.

(Time Needed)

Equipment:

10cm cookie cutter.

3 oven trays lined with greaseproof paper.

In a bowl, put in

-450g plain flour.

-Pinch of salt, rub in

-400g butter, chopped, add

-100ml cold water.

Tip on to a floured surface, knead together and roll into

-28x13cm rectangle.

Fold up

-bottom third over the centre, fold

-top third over it.

With the short end facing you, roll with a rolling pin to flatten it.

Roll out as before. Wrap and chill for 20 minutes. 

Repeat 4 times.

Oven 200c fan forced

When ready, divide the dough into 2 equal portions. Roll both portions to 1/2cm thick.

Cut out 33 rounds using 10cm cookie cutter.

Prick each disc lightly with a fork.

Put on the baking trays.

Bake 10-15 minutes until lightly golden. Leave to cool completely on cooling racks.

             Pastry Cream.

In a large heatproof bowl, put in

-6egg yolks,

-120g sugar,

-30g plain flour,

-30g corn flour,

-pinch of salt

Whisk all the above ingredients together and leave aside.

Fill your sink with cold water.

 

In a large saucepan, put in

-700ml milk,

-2 tsp vanilla extract.

Heat over gentle heat until the milk is almost at boiling point. Turn the heat off.

Pour

-1/2 cup of milk into the 

-egg mixture, whisking all the time, continue to add hot milk this way until at least 2 cups of milk have been used, you may scramble the eggs otherwise. Then add the rest of the milk all at once.

Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and cook over gentle heat for around 5-7 minutes until the mixture is smooth and has thickened. You need to be whisking all the time. 

Once the mixture is ready, cool it down quickly by putting the saucepan in the sink filled with cold water. Once the pastry cream has cooled, refrigerate at least for 2 hrs.

When ready, spoon into a piping bag fitted with 1cm nozzle.

Pipe the pastry creme on to,

-first layer of pastry, add

-1 tsp fruit preserve, add

-second pastry, pipe on

- pastry cream, add

-1 tsp fruit preserve, finally add the

-third pastry disc, Sprinkle with

-icing sugar.

Repeat until all the pastry rounds have been used.