Description
An indulgent dessert featuring flaky pastry and rich pastry cream, perfect for special occasions or as an everyday treat.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb. homemade rough puff pastry or store-bought frozen & thawed puff pastry (2 sheets)
- All-purpose flour as needed to roll dough
- 4 large egg yolks, cold or room temperature
- 3 Tablespoons (23g) cornstarch
- 2 cups (480ml) whole milk
- 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon (14g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- Seeds scraped from 1/2 vanilla bean (or extra 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract)
- Small pinch salt
- 1/2 cup (120ml) heavy cream, cold
- 1 cup (120g) confectioners’ sugar, sifted
- 1.5 Tablespoons milk (dairy or nondairy)
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 ounces (57g) semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Prepare the pastry dough and refrigerate.
- Make the pastry cream: whisk egg yolks and cornstarch, heat milk and sugar, mix together, then cook until thick.
- Chill the pastry cream for at least 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 400°F (204°C), roll out pastry dough, bake for 20 minutes with weight, then for 7-9 minutes without.
- Cool the pastry for 20 minutes before transferring it to a wire rack.
- Whip cream and fold in chilled pastry cream, refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Assemble the pastries: trim pastry, make icing, decorate, and layer the cream filling.
- Chill for half an hour before serving.
Notes
Best served fresh. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Prep Time: 120 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 square
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 90mg