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Mille-feuille
- Lulu Grimes
Published: June 15, 2022 at 9:19 AM
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Serves 4
Easy
Total time: 45 mins
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Master the art of French patisserie with the classic mille-feuille. Delicate layers of puff pastry, fresh summer berries and sweet calvados cream make this tea time treat a showstopping recipe to serve to your friends and family
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Try this delicate mille-feuille French dessert then check out our classic macarons, rose and almond choux buns and French crullers.
Ingredients
Nutrition
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icing sugar
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250g block puff pastry
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250g strawberries
hulled and halved
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200ml double cream
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200g raspberries
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2-3 tsp calvados (or armagnac)
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal571
- fat42g
- carbs41g
- fibre2.6g
- protein5.6g
- salt0.5g
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Method
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step 1
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Dust the work surface lightly with icing sugar and roll out the pastry to 20p thickness. Put the pastry on a baking sheet lined with baking paper or a silicone baking mat. Cover completely with more baking paper and another baking sheet (this will stop it from rising too much).
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step 2
Bake for 15 minutes, then take out and remove the top baking sheet and paper. Dust with icing sugar and put back in the oven for another 10-15 minutes until golden. Cool.
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step 3
Put the strawberries cut side down in a baking tray and dust with icing sugar. Put in the oven for 3 minutes then cool (this intensifies the strawberry flavour). Meanwhile, whip the cream with 1 tbsp icing sugar and the calvados.
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step 4
Use a sharp knife to cut the cooled pastry into 12 squares, approx 8cm each.
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step 5
Put a dab of cream on a plate and put a pastry square on top. Add a blob of cream to the centre of the square. Line up strawberry halves facing outwards. Add a little more cream then put a second pastry layer on top.
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step 6
Add another blob of cream then arrange raspberries around the edge. Top with one more pastry square and dust with icing sugar.
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Lulu GrimesManaging editor
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