Vanilla Meulfille
By @cakesandplaces - KITCHEN FUNDI
RECIPE
For the pastry:
I bought ready made puff pastry sheets.
1)Roll the pastry to 1.5 mm thick and poke all over with a fork.
2)Place the pastry on a baking tray lined with wax paper, then gently place another piece of wax paper on top and cover with a flat tray.
3)bake the pastry in the oven at 190C/170C fan/gas 5 according to the packet instructions. When cooked, remove from the oven then turn the heat up to 240C/220C fan/ gas 9.
4) Remove the extra tray and wax paper, identify the smoothest side of the pastry and dust that side liberally with icing sugar. Place back in the very hot oven and allow the icing sugar to caramelize for a few minutes until golden.
5)Once removed from the oven, allow the cooked pastry to cool a little before cutting it into three equal-sized strips. When completely cold, pipe half of the cream(see recipe below)on top of one pastry layer. Place the second layer of puff pastry on top, then pipe over the remaining cream and top with the final layer of pastry. Press down firmly.
6)Using a palette knife, spread the sides of the meulfille with the cream that has oozed out during the previous steps. Cover the sides with crushed crepe dentelle biscuits and press in to create a flat finish.
11. Freeze the meulfille until partially frozen, then transfer to the fridge until needed. Dust lightly with icing sugar to serve.
For the pastry cream
250 ml full fat mil
1⁄4 vanilla pods, seeds removed
60 g egg yolks
62 g caster sugar
10 g custard powder
15 g cornflour
25 g butter
Method:
1. in a large heavy-bottomed saucepan, boil the milk, vanilla pod and vanilla seeds together.
2. In a separate bowl, mix the yolks, sugar, custard powder and corn flour together. Add 1⁄3 of the boiling milk mix into the yolk bowl and whisk together.
3. Remove the vanilla pod from the milk pan. Re-boil the remaining milk and pour the yolk mix into it. Whisk quickly and constantly until it re-boils. Remove from the heat and whisk in the butter.
4. Place the pastry cream into a container and cover with cling film. Make sure the film touches the surface to prevent a skin forming.
For the vanilla cream
450 g pastry cream, (see above)
50 g whipping cream, whipped
Method:
using a whisk, beat the pastry cream until smooth then gently fold in the whipped cream.Jazakallah❤️