Strawberry Napoleon

wtorek, 28 stycznia 2014

Strawberry Napoleon

Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed if frozen (half of a 1.1LB package)
  • 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package vanilla instant pudding mix
  • 1 cup milk, cold
  • 1 1/2 cups sweetened whipped cream
  • 1 1/2 cups sliced fresh strawberries

Directions

  • 1 Thaw the frozen puff pastry by placing it in room temperature for 30 minutes.
  • 2 Preheat the oven to 400\u00b0F.
  • 3 Once thawed, unfold the pastry on a lightly floured surface and cut it into 3 strips along the fold mark.
  • 4 Cut each of the 3 strips into 4 rectangles; you will have a total of 12 same sized rectangles.
  • 5 Place the pastry rectangles on a baking sheet about an inch apart and bake in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes or until the pastry is puffed and golden brown.
  • 6 Remove the baking sheet from the oven and let the pastry cool.
  • 7 In the meantime, make the vanilla pudding according to the package directions using the cold milk.
  • 8 Fold in the whipped cream into the set vanilla pudding.
  • 9 Now break apart each pastry rectangle into 2 layers - top and bottom; you now have 24 rectangles.
  • 10 Keep aside 8 top layers.
  • 11 Line up 8 bottom parts and spoon \u00bd of the vanilla mixture on them, dividing equally between the 8 pastries.
  • 12 Top with strawberry slices and another piece of pastry.
  • 13 Repeat with the remaining vanilla mixture and strawberry slices.
  • 14 Top with the reserved pastry tops.
  • 15 Garnish with a few slices of strawberry and a dusting of powdered sugar.
  • 16 Either serve immediately or the patries can be refrigerated for upto 3 hours.
  • 17 Note that the preparation time does not include time to thaw the pastry.

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