MILLE FEUILLE

Layer of puff paste filled with jam and pastry cream, topped with sugar fondant and chocolate sauce

INGREDIENTS

PUFF PASTE:

  • Flour – 1kg
  • Butter – 1kg
  • Salt – a pinch
  • Lemon juice – few drops
  • Cold water – 500ml

Method of preparation:

  • Cut the butter into a small dice shape.
  • In a mixing bowl, combine dice butter that is( 200gm only) at first, knead it smoothly.
  • Add salt (a pinch) , lemon juice, flour.
  • Drizzle the cold water over the mixture and knead it until it became smooth.
  • Wrap the kneaded dough in plastic wrap before chilling for an hour
  • After an hour remove the dough from the chiller, dust the surface with flour and roll the dough in rectangle shape.
  • Spread the remaining butter on dough about 2/3 part of rectangle dough shape.
  • Fold the remaining 1/3 part first and fold the dough from center (This fold is double book or Press fold)
  • Wrap and chill the dough to avoid melting of butter .
  • Repeat the process for 4times and chill for overnight.

Process of baking:

  • After a day, remove the dough from chiller and start to roll with rolling pin.
  • In a baking tray, grease with oil and place the rolled dough ( rectangle shape) poke small holes with the help of fork or tooth pick.
  • Place it in a oven at the temperature of (200-220)°C for 20 minutes.

PASTRY CREAM:

INGREDIENTS:

  • Egg yolk – 4nos
  • Sugar – 200gm
  • Corn Flour – 80gm
  • Custard powder – 20gm
  • Milk – 1 ltr

METHOD OF PREPARATION

  • Add 200 gm sugar and egg yolk in a mixing bowl and whisk it well.
  • Heat up and add milk, vanilla essence into saucepan and start boil and whisk.
  • After the milk is boiled , let it cooldown to lukewarm and add corn flour, custard powder and mix it. Followed by the
    egg yolk to the mixture while whisking vigorously.
  • Then bring it to heat and mix it until it gets thick consistency.
  • Let it cool.

SUGAR FONDANT

INGREDIENTS:

  • Icing sugar – 100gm
  • Egg white – 1nos
  • Lemon juice – fee drops

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

  • Mix every ingredients in bowl one by one.

Note: lemon juice is added to bring colour contrast in mixture.

CHOCOLATE SAUCE

INGREDIENTS:

  • Milk – 250ml
  • Cocoa powder – 10gm
  • Corn flour – 10gm
  • Sugar – 60gm
  • Butter – 25gm

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

  • In a saucepan , heat the milk, and add sugar and butter , bring it to boil.
  • Place cocoa powder and cornflour in a saucepan.
  • Pour the remaining milk to the mixture, stir it continuously until it becomes thick and smooth in texture.
  • Add butter to sauce for glazing and fine texture.

FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR MILLE FEUILLE:

  • Take out the puff paste from the oven and rest it in cooling rack for cooling.
  • Make the layer of puff paste and spread the pastry cream in between puff paste.
  • Spread the sugar fondant on top of the puff paste.
  • Give the desired decoration with chocolate sauce.
  • Now , Mille Feuille is ready.

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