Strawberry Palmiers Recipe 55 Food

PALMIERS

Steps:

• Roll the pastry out on a suface sprinkled with castor sigar.
• (roll pastry out to a rectangle shape- about 20cm x 35cm), and trim the edges with a sharp knife.
• Sprinkle castor sugar over the top of the pastry.
• Fold in the LONG sides of the rectangle- (so that they meet in the centre), and sprinkle with a little MORE sugar.
• Now fold in 1/2 lengthways and press SLIGHTLY.
• Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• Cut the pastry roll into 12mm slices (about 1cm slices), and place about 10cms apart on lightly greased oven trays.
• Bake in MODERATELY HOT oven (210-230'C) for 10 minutes, then turn Palmiers over and bake for a further 10 minutes- or until crisp!
• Remove from oven and place Palmiers on wire rack to cool.
• Sprinkle with sifted icing sugar.

STRAWBERRY PALMIERS RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• DIRECTIONS FOR THE PALMIERS: Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or plain brown paper; set aside. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough (or sheet of purchased pastry) into a 14x10-inch rectangle. Combine sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over pastry rectangle. Lightly press sugar mixture into the dough. Roll the 2 short sides, jelly-roll style, to meet in the center. Turn pastry roll over and cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. If the roll is too soft to slice easily, chill it in freezer for a few minutes. Place slices 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Bake in a preheated 375 degrees F oven for 15-20 minutes, or till golden and crisp. Remove from baking sheet and cool on a rack. FOR THE CREAM AND GARNISH: In a heavy medium saucepan stir together sugar, flour, and salt. Slowly stir in half-and-half or light cream. Cook and stir over medium heat till mixture is thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1 minute more. Gradually stir about 1 cup of the hot mixture into beaten egg yolks. Return all to saucepan. Cook and stir 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Transfer pastry cream to a bowl. Cover surface with plastic wrap and cool just till warm without stirring. To assemble, spread about 2 tablespoons of pastry cream over one side of half of the palmiers. Arrange sliced strawberries over pastry cream. Top each with another palmier. Garnish each palmier with a dollop of pastry cream and a whole berry. Active Time: 20 Minutes Total Time: 35 Minutes Yield: Makes about 15 palmiers These palm-shaped pastries, known as palmiers, are layered with a vanilla-flavored pastry cream and fresh strawberries.