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Ingredients

  • Serves 8
  • 400g butter puff pastry
  • For brushing: eggwash
  • For dusting: pure icing sugar
  • 500g (2 punnets) fresh strawberries
  • 4 Tbsp icing sugar
  • 250g mascarpone
  • 250 ml cream, lightly whipped
  • 1 orange, zest and 1 tsp juice

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STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM MILLE FEUILLE

mille feuille nov 23rd

Method

  • Heat the oven to 200C
  • Roll pastry into a 20cm x 28cm rectangle, then cut into 8 even rectangles
  • Transfer to a lined baking tray, put into the fridge for at least 15 minutes
  • Brush with eggwash and bake until golden and puffed (15-17 minutes), then cool
  • Slice the strawberries into 3-4 mm thick slices and place into bowl along with 2 tablespoons icing sugar and orange juice
  • Let the strawberries macerate for at least 30 minutes – 1 hour this will allow the natural juices to seep
  • Put the mascarpone into a suitable sized bowl and mix with the orange zest and 1-2 tablespoons of icing sugar
  • Gently fold through the whipped cream and if not using immediately store covered in the fridge
  • Split each pastry rectangle into 3 layers
  • Pipe or spoon the mascarpone cream onto base and middle layers, top with the juicy strawberries, then stack on one another, sandwich with tops, dust with icing sugar and serve

Comments

Thanks to BUTLERS BERRIES for providing the fresh strawberries used in the cooking demonstration at the Otago Farmers Market

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