Vanilla Slice
Delight your taste buds with these decadent vanilla slices that are sure to impress your family and friends. Layers of crispy puff pastry sandwich a creamy vanilla custard filling, all topped with a zesty lemon icing. These irresistibly sweet treats are perfect for any occasion and are a true crowd-pleaser. Let's get baking!
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- Servings
- Makes abut 10 vanilla slices
- Ingredients
- 1 500g pack of ready made puff pastry
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ü cup cornflour
- 50 g butter
- 2 large egg yolks
- 2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- ý cup custard powder
- 4 cups full cream milk
- Lemon icing
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- Grated yest of ü lemon
- ý teaspoon water
Instructions
- Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 200ð C (400ð F - Gas 6)
- Leave the pastry at room temperature for a little while before rolling
- Cut the contents of packet in half and roll out each piece into 30 cm squares
- Place each square on an un-greased baking tray and stab all over with the tines/prongs of a fork to lessen the chance of it rising too much
- Bake for about 10 minutes or until browned
- Carefully trim each sheet to about 23 cm square and pat any risen areas back down with your hands
- Line a 23 cm square baking tray with tin-foil and allow plenty of overlap for easy removal
- Place one sheet of the pastry in the foil
- Add the sugar, cornflour and custard powder to a cold saucepan, add a little milk and combine to a paste
- Whisk in the remaining milk and mix well
- Add the butter, heat the pan and gently bring to the boil, stirring often
- Reduce the heat, stir in the vanilla essence and simmer for 3 minutes to thicken
- Whisk the egg yolks in a separate bowl and then whisk into the pan
- Pour the hot custard over the first piece of puff pastry, cover with the second sheet and pat down so it comes into contact with the custard everywhere
- Lemon icing
- Beat the lemon juice and zest in with the butter. It may help to microwave the butter for a few seconds to soften first
- Beat in the icing sugar and add a little water if needed
- Allow the sandwich to cool then spread the icing evenly over the top
- Chill in the refrigerator
Yield
Serves 10
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