CUSTARD SLICE
A real teatime indulgence, this custard slice recipe will certainly bring back memories. Our own great British pâtisserie!
Provided by Paul Hollywood
Categories Cakes and baking
Yield Makes 8 slices
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a large bowl mix the flour and salt together. Rub in a third of the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Then roughly rub in the remaining butter, leaving large lumps.
- Add the water a little at a time until the pastry just binds together (you may not need all the water).
- Tip the pastry out onto a floured work surface. Roll into a narrow rectangle about 2.5cm/1in thick.
- With the pastry vertically in front of you fold the bottom third of the pastry up onto the middle third then the top third down onto the other thirds. This is called a turn.
- Wrap the pastry in cling film and place in the refrigerator to chill for 10 minutes
- Take out of fridge and with a rolling pin roll out again into a narrow rectangle and repeat the turn as before.
- Chill again and repeat the rolling and turning once more, so a total of three times. Wrap the pastry in cling film and return to the fridge to rest.
- While the pastry is resting, make the crème pâtissière. Pour the milk into a pan and add the split vanilla pod and its seeds. Bring the milk mixture to the boil, then remove from the heat.
- Whisk the sugar, egg yolks and cornflour together in a large bowl.
- Pour out a little of the hot milk onto the egg mixture, whisking continuously. Whisk in the rest of the hot milk until well-combined, then return to the pan.
- Cook the mixture over a gentle heat, stirring continuously, until the mixture becomes thick. It will just come to the boil.
- Remove from the heat and pass the mixture through a sieve into a clean bowl. Add the butter and stir until melted and thoroughly combined.
- Leave to cool, cover with clingfilm and then chill before using.
- Pre-heat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7. Line two baking trays with baking parchment.
- Divide the pastry into two equal pieces and roll out both pieces to 20cm/8in square and 5mm/¼in thick. Then place each pastry sheet onto the lined baking trays, and chill for 10-15 minutes.
- Bake the pastry sheets for 10-15 minutes or until golden-brown and crisp. Set aside to cool.
- While the pastry bakes, line a deep 23cm/9in square baking tray with foil with plenty of extra foil at the sides. The extra foil allows you to lift out the assembled slices.
- Place one pastry sheet in bottom of the lined baking tray. (Reserve the prettiest piece for the top.)
- Spread the crème pâtissière evenly onto the pastry in the baking tray before placing other piece of pastry, on top. Refrigerate while making the icing.
- For the icing, sift the icing sugar into a bowl. Stir in cold water until thoroughly combined and set aside.
- Transfer the melted chocolate into a piping bag fitted with a small plain nozzle, and set aside to firm up slightly.
- Take the custard slice from the fridge and spread the icing over the top layer of pastry.
- Using the piping bag, draw ten parallel lines along the top of the icing in one direction. Using a tooth pick, pull parallel lines about 2.5cm/1in across the melted chocolate and icing in alternating directions to create a feathered effect.
- Place the slice back into the fridge to set.
- Cut the finished vanilla slice into eight pieces.
- Using the foil carefully lift the portioned vanilla slices out of the tray and place onto a serving platter.
CONFECTIONER'S CUSTARD
The is the traditional filling for Choux pastries (Cream Puffs) and any dessert which needed a filling. I can tell you that you *do* need to stir it constantly after adding the milk to the egg mixture, but patience is rewarded by a great result. Orignl. from 1920's recipe. Makes 400ml (3/4 pint)
Provided by kiwidutch
Categories Dessert
Time 25m
Yield 3/4 pint
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Cream the egg yolks and the sugar together until thick and pale in colour.
- Beat in the flour, cornflour, and a very small amount of the milk taken from the 300 ml total, just enough to make a smooth paste.
- Heat the remaining milk until almost boiling (I use the mirowave) and pour it into the egg mixture, sirring constantly.
- Stir mixture over a low heat until it boils, then remove.
- Beat egg white until stiff and fold it into the custard.
- Return to the heat again and add vanilla essence and cook for another few minutes.
- Use as Choux pastry (cream puff) fillings etc.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 821.5, Fat 26.1, SaturatedFat 12.9, Cholesterol 497.3, Sodium 286.5, Carbohydrate 117.5, Fiber 2, Sugar 68, Protein 27.5
HOMEMADE CUSTARD
Once you've cracked this technique for silky smooth vanilla custard, you'll never go back to tinned
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Dinner, Side dish
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Put the cream and milk into a large pan and gently bring to just below boiling point. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk the yolks, cornflour, sugar and vanilla. Gradually pour the hot milk mixture onto the sugar mixture, whisking constantly.
- Wipe out the saucepan and pour the mixture back into it. Heat gently, stirring with a wooden spoon (see Steps 1 and 2, for stirring tips) until the custard is thickened, but before any lumps form. Eat hot or cold.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 284 calories, Fat 20 grams fat, SaturatedFat 11 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 22 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 17 grams sugar, Protein 5 grams protein, Sodium 0.1 milligram of sodium
VANILLA CUSTARD SLICES
Sandwich creamy vanilla custard between two layers of crisp puff pastry in these golden slices. A luxurious patisserie addition to an afternoon tea.
Provided by Sarah Cook
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert
Time 2h5m
Yield Makes 8
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Roll out 250g of the pastry on a sheet of baking parchment to about 25cm square. Scatter over half the almonds, then press them in very gently, dust with half the icing sugar and lay over a second sheet of baking parchment. Lift onto a baking sheet, and sit another baking sheet on top like a sandwich. Fill a few small tins with baking beans (or something similarly heavy and ovenproof, like uncooked rice). Bake for 30 mins, then have a quick peek - it will probably need another 5 mins to be well browned and crisp all over.
- Remove from the oven, take off the weights and top baking tray, then carefully lift off the top sheet of parchment and leave to cool. Repeat with the remaining pastry - you can do both sheets at once if you have enough baking sheets and tins, but they might not cook as evenly with two in the oven, so it is safer to do one at a time. Cool both completely.
- Put the gelatine in a bowl of cold water to soften, then put the remaining custard ingredients in a big saucepan. Set over a low heat to start, whisking continuously to mix well, then increase the heat a little until the custard is gently boiling. Keep whisking the whole time - the custard will thicken and lump unevenly, but keep cooking and whisking until it is smooth and very thick.
- Remove the custard from the heat and take out the vanilla pod. Squeeze out the water from the gelatine sheet, then stir it into the custard until it has dissolved.
- Line the base and sides of a 20cm square tin with baking parchment - criss-crossing two big strips will give you the neatest corners. Using a big, sharp knife and a ruler - or the base of your tin if it is removable - trim one pastry sheet to a shade under a 20cm square, so it will sit inside the tin, almond-side down. Spread over the custard as evenly as you can. Trim the second pastry sheet in the same way, but then divide the square into eight 10 x 5cm rectangles (so it will be easier when you cut the slices later). Sit them on top of the custard, almond-side up, putting them back together a bit like a jigsaw puzzle. Gently press down on the pastry so it doesn't break but sticks to the custard, then cover and chill for 4 hrs or so, but better still overnight.
- To serve, lift the slice from the tin and cut all the way through where the pastry top is already cut. Dust the slices with a little more icing sugar and serve. Best eaten within 24 hours, when the pastry is still good and crisp.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 658 calories, Fat 41 grams fat, SaturatedFat 21 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 62 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 29 grams sugar, Protein 10 grams protein, Sodium 0.7 milligram of sodium
CREME PATISSIERE
Creme Patissiere - not an item in itself, but for use in all sorts of puds . . .
Provided by tonytrigg
Time 10m
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 0
Steps:
- Beat the egg yolks and sugar for a few minutes until pale and slightly thickened.
- Whisk in the flours.
- Heat the milk in a saucepan until stating to boil.
- Whisk the milk into the egg mix.
- Put the whole lot back into the pan, stirring all the time until thick and boiling.
- Take the pan off the heat - cover with cling-film to prevent a skin from forming.
CUSTARD TART
With buttery pastry and a creamy filling, it's no wonder this dish has become a classic
Provided by Barney Desmazery
Categories Dessert, Dinner
Time 1h45m
Yield Serves 8
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- To make the pastry, rub the butter into the flour with the lemon zest and a pinch of salt until it resembles breadcrumbs. Add the sugar, egg and milk and bring together to form a dough. This can be made 2 days in advance.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll the pastry out and use it to line a 20cm tart tin, leave 2cm of pastry hanging over the edge. Chill for 30 mins.
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line the case with baking beans, bake blind for 20 mins, then remove the beans and continue to cook for a further 20 mins until the base is biscuity. Remove from oven and reduce the temperature to 140C/120C fan/gas 1.
- Bring the cream, milk, vanilla pod, lemon zest and a small grating of nutmeg to the boil. Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until pale, then pour the hot milk and cream over, beating as you go. Strain custard into a jug, allow to settle for a few mins, then skim off any froth.
- Carefully pour the custard into the tart case, grate some more nutmeg over the top and bake for 40 mins or until just set with the very slightest wobble in the middle. Remove from the oven, trim the pastry edges off (away from the filling), then leave to cool completely before serving in slices with a grating more of nutmeg, if you like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 593 calories, Fat 40 grams fat, SaturatedFat 21 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 53 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 29 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 9 grams protein, Sodium 0.33 milligram of sodium
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