Before i go on and give you the recipe i want you to know a bit about mille feuille .
Basically mille feuille means " a thousand layers" , it is one of the french classics as it dates back from the 19th century . You can also find it in the cookbooks and internet as "Napoleon" ( do not ask me why it is called napoleon aswell but i promise the next time i make another one i'll be sure to find out ) . Basically the classic recipe uses a vanilla custard in the middle and topped with icing sugar , caramel or chocolate glaze and the dough is either puff pastry or fillo pastry .
This dessert is light , crunchy .... a really elegant and fast desert to make . The nicest thing about this desert you can style it in so many ways you can't imagine .
The way i've chosen to style it this time is with fresh berries and lemon curd , which i think is a good ideea since we require something fresh during this hot summer days . And men trust me the ladies will go ''MAD'' for this one .
So the ingredients that you need calculated for about 4 persons are :
- 3 eggs
- 2 lemons
- 200 g of normal sugar
- 160 g of unsaltted butter
- 300 gr of raspberries , 300 g of blueberries , 300 g of red currants (coacaze rosii ) ,
you can also add strawberries aswell if you find any ,
unfortunatelly i didn't.
- 1 package of fillo pastry ( you can buy from the supermarket , or you can make it yourself
up to you , personally i think it's best to buy it since it takes a lot
of time to make it yourself , and it's kinda the same result , but
do as you wish :D )
- icing sugar
Before i start in telling you how to make it i will show you how the classic mille feuille looks like and after that i'll go on with the recipe and at the end give you some pictures with a different version of a mille feuille but the ideea of it is the same , it's roots are there ! :D
Here is the classical made with a vanilla custard and on top a chocolate glaze .
Now back to my version . First off let's wash those dirty hands , get your pan ready , your pot and of courses your washed and dried fruit .
Let's first of all make the lemon curd . In a pot add 2 eggs , 200 g of sugar , the zest of 1 lemon , the juice of 2 lemons and 60 g of butter (taste it and see if it needs more sugar , if it does add more if not then go with it ) . place the pot on a low heat and keep whisking until the mixture thickens .
When it did pass the lemon curd through a sieve , cover it with cling film (folie de plastic) , and put it in the fridge untill it cools down completly .
Next take the fillo pastry , beat 1 egg and brush 1 sheet of fillo pastry with the egg wash and add another sheet of fillo pastry over it brush it again with egg wash and add another fillo pastry over it .
Use a round cutter or glass to cut your pastry .
Dust a plate with icing sugar and place your cut fillo pastry on it and dust icing sugar on top of them aswell.
Next in a sauce pan melt the 100 g of butter on a very low heat untill it forms a foam on top . Let it cool down and take the foam out with a spoon ( this process is also known as clariffying the butter , which means taking the water and the fat out of the butter , so the butter does not reach high temperatures that fast and does not burn that easy ) .
Pour the clarrified butter in a pan on a medium heat and when the butter is hot add the cut pastries .
It literally takes seconds on each side to cook , up to 8 , 10 seconds .
Place your cooked pastry either on a wooden chopping boards ( just not on a napkin it will stick ) .
Take your lemon curd out of the fridge and as you can see it thickened even more ( a real yummies from the pastry world ) .
Add a bit of lemon curd on the plate , and place the first sheet of pastry on it so it won't move .
Then add some berries on the pastry sheet and top them with lemon curd.
Add the second pastry sheet and top it with lemon curd , add berries on it then lemon curd on the berries.
Add the third pastry sheet and top it with icing sugar .
Add some additional berries on the plate for decorating and top them with icing sugar .
And that's it , a nice fresh summer version of mille feuille :
Enjoy guys and girls :D
Bon Apettit !
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