Fresh Fruit Creme Puff

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Fresh Fruit Creme Puff

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :15 Min

Cook Time : 35 Min

Total Time : 50 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 2
  • For Pastry creme: 250 mili litre plain whole milk


  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


  • 50 grams castor sugar


  • 3 egg yolks


  • 10 grams plain flour


  • 10 grams cornflour


  • 200 grams unsalted butter


  • For Egg wash: 1 egg


  • 2 teaspoon milk


  • 2 square sheets of puff pastry 24cm x 24cm (can be any size though)


  • Raspberry jam 2-3 tablespoon


  • 1 cup of Fresh fruits chopped/sliced

Directions

  • Pastry Creme: Add milk and vanilla to a large mixing bowl and microwave for 1 minute.
  • Add sugar, egg yolks and both flours. Whisk until well combined.
  • Microwave for 20 seconds at a time, mixing each time until thickened.
  • Add butter and mix until well combined. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside.
  • Pastry: Preheat oven 220 degrees celcius
  • To create pastry puffs use a knife to cut a square sheet of puff pastry into 12 squares.
  • To make the egg wash add egg and milk to a small mixing bowl and whisk until well combined.
  • Each pastry cup will have 4 layers of pastry. Use a cookie cutter(of desired shape) to cut the sheets in desired shape
  • Brush the bottom square with no hole with egg wash and add the first pastry square with the circle hole.
  • . Repeat until you get to the third layer and finish off by brushing with more egg wash
  • Bake until dry and let cool
  • Fill in or top with pastry cream. Finish off by adding fresh fruits and a dusting of powdered sugar.(Optional)