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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 35 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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Thick custard between 2 sheets puff pastry covered with passionfruit icing. Ingredients:
2 sheets puff pastry |
1 cup caster sugar |
3/4 cup cornflour |
1/2 cup custard powder |
1 liter milk |
60 g butter |
2 egg yolks, lightly beaten |
2 teaspoons vanilla essence |
2 cups icing sugar |
1 teaspoon soft butter |
2 tablespoons passion fruit pulp, strained |
2 teaspoons water, approximately |
Directions:
1. line 23cm square slab pan with foil, bring foil up to overlap sides of pan.
2. Place pastry sheets on lightly greased oven trays and bake in hot oven about 6 minutes or until lightly browned, cool.
3. Gently flatten pastry with hand, fit one pastry sheet into prepared pan.
4. Combine sugar, cornflour and custard powder in pan, gradually stir in milk, stir until smooth.
5. Add butter, stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens.
6. Simmer for 3 minutes or until very thick and smooth.
7. Remove from heat and add essence and butter.
8. Pour hot custard over pastry in pan and cover with remaining sheet, press down slightly.
9. To make icing sift icing sugar into bowl stir in butter, passionfruitjuice and enough water to make a stiff paste.
10. Spread icing over slice and cut into squares.
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