Vanilla Napoleon Slice
- 5 egg yolks
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- 2 tablespoons flour starch
- 2 1/8 cups milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla from a vanilla pod
- 6 tablespoons mascarpone
- 3 tablespoons powdered sugar for sprinkling
- 3/4 pound puff pastry
- 1 teaspoon butter for greasing the baking tray
- Divide puff pastry into two parts and roll each out into a thin (2-3 mm - 1/8 in thick) square of 30 cm (about 11-12 in), use plain flour to prevent sticking, then trim irregularities
- Transfer the pastry square using a roller onto buttered baking sheet of about 32 x 39 cm (about 13 x 16 in), cover with baking paper, put atop a smaller baking sheet to weigh the pastry otherwise it would swell, cool in the fridge for 30 min., or in freezer for 5 min.
- Put in a preheated oven at 190 u0b0 C (375u0b0 F) and bake for 10-13 min., take out from the oven, remove the baking and paper sheets, continue baking for about 5 min. until golden brown
- Repeat with the second part of the pastry
- Combine trims from the first and second part of pastry, roll out into the square, repeat as with previous pastries, in the end you should have 3 pastry sheets from which you need 18 nice squares of 9 cm (about 3 1/2 - 4 in)
- Using a large serrated knife, cut into squares of 9 or 10 cm (about 3 1/2 - 4 in), handle carefully the pastry, place squares on each other
- Mix egg yolks with sugar, starch, and flour
- Slowly mix in hot milk and simmer over the low heat until thick, add flour if necessary
- Stir in mascarpone (or butter) and vanilla, cover with a plastic wrap to prevent the skin formation, refrigerate for a few hours
- Fill a confectionery bag with the custard and pipe 6-7 equally thick strips on a pastry square
- Cover with another pastry square and repeat 4 more times
- You should get 3 squares with five layers that are kept in the fridge, when served cut with a serrated knife into 4 smaller squares or 2 rectangles
- Sprinkle with sugar
egg yolks, granulated sugar, flour, flour starch, milk, vanilla from, mascarpone, powdered sugar, pastry, butter
Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Vanilla-Napoleon-Slice-1590931 (may not work)