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Receta Passion Fruit Mille-Feuille / Napoleon / Custard Slice for Daring Bakers’
by Swapna

This month’s Daring

Bakers’ challenge is to make Mille-Feuille, the popular French patisserie

treat. ‘Mille-feuille’ is French for ‘a thousand leaves’ (or ‘layers’), which

is very apt, as it contains both layers of pastry (usually three) and layers within

each pastry sheet..... Making puff pastry (or pâte feuilletée) basically involves

a simple pastry dough, which is folded around sheet of butter (the beurrage).

rolling/turning

1. Cut the larger quantity

of butter into smallish pieces and set aside at room temperature.

2. Put the larger quantity

of flour into a bowl with the salt and the cold, cubed butter.

3. Lightly rub the butter

and flour between your fingertips until it forms a mealy breadcrumb texture.

4. Add the cold water and

bring together with a fork or spoon until the mixture starts to cohere and come

away from the sides of the bowl.

5. As the dough begins to

come together, you can use your hands to start kneading and incorporating all

the remaining loose bits. If the dough’s a little dry, you can add a touch more

water.

6. Knead for three minutes

on a floured surface until the dough is smooth.

7. Wrap in clingfilm and

refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

8. While the dough is

chilling, take your room temperature butter and mix with the smaller amount of

plain flour until it forms a paste.

9. Place the butter paste

between two sheets of clingfilm, and either with a rolling pin or your hands (I

found hands easiest) shape it into a 4.5”/12cm square. You can use a ruler (or

similar) to neaten the edges.

10. Refrigerate for about

10-15 minutes so the butter firms up slightly. If it’s still soft, leave it a

bit longer. If it’s too hard and inflexible, leave it out to soften a touch.

You want it to be solid but still malleable.

11. Once the dough has

chilled, roll it out on a floured surface into a 6”/15cm square. Place the

square of butter in the middle, with each corner touching the centre of the

square’s sides (see photo below).

12. Fold each corner of

dough over the butter so they meet the centre (you might have to stretch them a

little) and it resembles an envelope, and seal up the edges with your fingers.

You’ll be left with a little square parcel.

13. Turn the dough parcel

over and tap the length of it with your rolling pan to flatten it slightly.

14. Keeping the work

surface well floured, roll the dough carefully into a rectangle ¼ inch /6 mm in

thickness.

15. With the longest side

facing you, fold one third (on the right) inwards, so it’s covering the middle

section, and ensure that it is lined up.

16.

Then,

fold the remaining flap of dough (on the left) inwards, so you’re left with a

narrow three-layered strip.

17. Repeat steps 14, 15,

16.

18. Wrap up in clingfilm

and chill for at least 30 minutes.

19. Repeat steps 14, 15,

16 twice.

20. Wrap up in clingfilm

and chill again for at least 30 minutes.

21. Repeat steps 14, 15,

16 two final times.

22. Wrap up in clingfilm

and refrigerate until needed. The dough keeps a couple of days in the fridge.

Passion Fruit Pastry Cream / Crème

Patisserie

(full batch; makes enough

for 8-10 mille-feuille)

1 cup (225ml) passion fruit pulp, strained

¼ cup (1¼ oz)(35 gm)

cornflour/cornstarch

1 cup less 1 tablespoon

(200gm) (7 oz) caster sugar

4 large egg yolks (if

you’re making the royal icing, reserve two egg whites)

¼ cup (2 oz) (60gm)

unsalted butter, cubed

2 teaspoons (10 ml)

vanilla essence

1. Mix the cornflour/cornstarch

with ½ cup of milk and stir until dissolved.

2. Heat the remaining milk

in a saucepan with the sugar, dissolving the sugar and bringing the milk to the

boil. Remove from heat.

3. Beat the whole eggs

into the cornflour/milk mixture. Then beat in the egg yolks. Pour in the

hot milk, stirring constantly to prevent the eggs from cooking.

4. Now, bring the passion fruit pulp to the boil, and add the eggy mixture, whisking as you pour. Keep whisking (don’t stop or it’ll solidify) on a medium heat until the

mixture starts to thicken.

5. Remove the saucepan

from the heat and thoroughly whisk the pastry cream. At this stage the pastry

cream can look slightly lumpy, but a good whisking soon makes it smoother.

(N.B. If you’re worried

about the pastry cream continuing to cook off the heat, you can transfer it to

a stainless steel/ceramic bowl.)

6. Beat in the butter and

vanilla until fully incorporated.

7. If you haven’t already,

pour the pastry cream into a stainless steel or ceramic bowl, and then place

clingfilm over the surface to stop a skin forming.

8. Refrigerate overnight

to give the pastry cream time to further thicken.

Mille-Feuille/ Napoleon/

Custard Slice

1 x batch pâte feuilletée/puff

pastry (see above)

1 x batch Passion Fruit creme

patissiere / pastry cream (see above)

For Icing (if doing)

2 ¾ cups (660 ml) (12⅓oz) (350gm) icing sugar

2 teaspoons (10 ml) lemon

juice

½ cup (2¾ oz) (80gm) dark

chocolate

1. Preheat oven to

moderately hot 200 °C /400°F/gas mark 6.

2. Lightly dust your work

space with flour and remove your dough from the fridge.

3. Roll into a large

rectangle, the thickness of cardboard about 12”/30cm x 18”/46cm.

4. Cut into three equal

pieces and place on a baking tray. If you don’t have space for all three, you

can bake them separately. (I cut pastry sheets with a cookie cutter)

5. Prick the pastry sheets

all over with a fork.

6. Place another sheet of

grease proof paper over the top and then a heavy baking tray. This will prevent

the layers from puffing up too much.(I used a pyrex dish to add more weight. Just

ensure that the pastry sheets are evenly weighted down.)

7. Bake each sheet for

about 25 minutes in a moderately hot oven 200 °C /400°F/gas mark 6, removing

the top layer of greaseproof paper/tray 10 minutes before the end for the tops

to brown. Keep an eye on them periodically and lower the temperature if you

think they’re browning too much.

8. Remove the baked sheets

from the oven and leave on a wire rack to cool.

9. Once the pastry has

cooled, you’re ready to assemble your mille-feuille. Get a sturdy flat board,

your pastry and the chilled crème patissiere from the fridge.

10. Lay one sheet on the

board and spread half the crème patisserie evenly over the top.

11. Take the second sheet

and place it on top, pressing down lightly with your hands to ensure that it

sticks to the filling.

12. Spread the remaining

crème patisseries and place the last sheet of pastry on top, pressing down

again. (Don’t worry if there’s some oozing at the sides. That can be neatened

later.)

13. Pop in the fridge

while you prepare the icing / chocolate. (You can completely omit icing part and simply dust with icing sugar as I did)

14. Melt the chocolate in

a bain marie, stirring periodically. Once melted, transfer to a piping bag (or

plastic bag with end snipped), resting nozzle side down in a glass or other

tall container.

15. To make the icing,

whisk 2 egg whites with 2 teaspoons lemon juice until lightly frothy.

16. Whisk in about (2

cups) 300gm of the icing sugar on a low setting until smooth and combined.

The mixture should be

thick enough to leave trails on the surface. If it’s too thin, whisk in a bit

more icing sugar.

17. Once ready,

immediately pour over the top of the mille-feuille and spread evenly.

18. Still working quickly,

pipe a row of thin chocolate lines along the widest length of your pastry sheet. You can make them as far apart/close together as you like.

19. STILL working quickly, take a sharp knife and lightly draw it down (from top to bottom)

through the rows of chocolate. A centimeter (½ inch) or so further across, draw

the knife up the way this time, from bottom to top. Move along, draw it down

again. Then up. And so on, moving along the rows of chocolate until the top is

covered in a pretty swirly pattern.

20. Once you’ve decorated

your mille-feuille, with a clean

knife mark out where you’re going to cut your slices, depending on how big you

want them to be and leaving space to trim the edges.

21. Chill for a couple of

hours to give the icing (etc.) time to set.

22. With a sharp knife,

trim the edges and cut your slices.

Storage and Freezing Instructions / Tips:

The

puff pastry dough will keep in the fridge for up to two days. Any leftovers can

be well wrapped up and frozen for a year. Thaw for 30 minutes on the counter

or overnight in the fridge.

The completed

mille-feuille can be made a day or two in advance; it will last 2 or 3 days in

an airtight container in the fridge, though will become less crisp.