Mille-Feuille is a classic French dessert featuring layers of crispy puff pastry and luscious pastry cream, topped with a sweet icing.
Ingredients
- 1 package puff pastry thawed
- 2 cups milk
- 4 tablespoons sugar divided
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup heavy cream whipped
- 1 cup powdered sugar for icing
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice for icing
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Roll out the puff pastry on a lightly floured surface and cut into even rectangles.
- Place the pastry rectangles on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Prick them with a fork and place another baking sheet on top to keep them flat.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Let them cool completely.
- In a saucepan, heat the milk and 2 tablespoons of sugar. In another bowl, mix the cornstarch and remaining sugar.
- Gradually add the cornstarch mixture to the hot milk, stirring constantly until thickened. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla extract. Let cool.
- Fold the whipped cream into the cooled pastry cream.
- Layer the puff pastry with the pastry cream in between. Use 3 layers of pastry with 2 layers of cream.
- Mix powdered sugar, water, and lemon juice to make the icing. Spread on top of the mille-feuille.
- Refrigerate the assembled mille-feuille for at least 1 hour before serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 350kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 5gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 120mgPotassium: 80mgFiber: 1gSugar: 20gVitamin A: 450IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 60mgIron: 1mg