Vanilla Cream Bars
- 2 None sheets thawed puff pastry
- 3 cups milk
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 8 large egg-yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup plus 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup cornstarch
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, chopped
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- None None For the Icing
- 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 2 tbsp passionfruit pulp
- Preheat oven to 425u0b0F. Line two baking sheets with parchment.
- Place one pastry sheet on each sheet. Bake for 20 minutes or until pastry puffs and browns. Cover pastry with a clean tea towel and gently flatten. Set aside to cool.
- Lightly grease a 9-inch-square cake pan. Line base and sides with foil. Place 1 pastry sheet, flat-side down, in base of prepared pan.
- Bring milk and cream to a boil in a saucepan. Whisk egg-yolks, sugar, flour and cornstarch in a heatproof bowl until thick and pale. Gradually whisk hot milk mixture into egg mixture.
- Transfer to a clean saucepan. Stir over low heat for 5-6 minutes until custard comes to a boil and thickens. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 seconds.
- Remove from heat. Stir in butter and vanilla. Pour over pastry and place remaining pastry flat-side up on top. Chill for 1 1/2 hours, until firm.
- Meanwhile to make icing; combine confectioners' sugar and passionfruit pulp in a bowl until smooth. Turn vanilla-cream pastry out onto a large cutting board and remove the foil. Spread with icing. Set aside until icing is set. Use a serrated knife to cut into 16 pieces.
pastry, milk, heavy cream, eggyolks, sugar, flour, cornstarch, butter, vanilla, sugar
Taken from recipes-plus.com/api/v2.0/recipes/26122 (may not work)