Dessert

Australian Vanilla Slice

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Vanilla slice is the Australian answer to mille-feuille – this dessert consists of a thick custard that’s flavored with vanilla, sandwiched between puff or phyllo pastry sheets, and topped with vanilla, raspberry, strawberry, chocolate, or passion fruit icing.

Australian Vanilla Slice

Recipe by taste.com.auCourse: DessertCuisine: AustralianDifficulty: Easy
Servings

4

servings
Prep time

6

hours 

30

minutes
Cooking time

30

minutes
Calories

300

kcal
Total time

7

hours 

Vanilla slice is the Australian answer to mille-feuille – this dessert consists of a thick custard that’s flavored with vanilla, sandwiched between puff or phyllo pastry sheets, and topped with vanilla, raspberry, strawberry, chocolate, or passion fruit icing.

Ingredients

  • 2 bought puff pastry sheets

  • 250ml (1 cup) milk

  • 1 vanilla bean, split

  • 3/4 cup cornflour

  • 1/2 cup custard powder

  • 220g (1 cup) caster sugar

  • 750ml (3 cups) thickened cream

  • 50g unsalted butter

  • 3 egg yolks

  • Icing sugar, to dust

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 210°C. Line a 23cm square pan with aluminium foil, so that the foil comes up over the sides (this allows you to lift out the slice).
  • Place each pastry sheet on a baking tray lined with non-stick baking paper, then bake for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Set aside to cool. Once cool, place 1 pastry sheet, cooked-side up, in bottom of pan. (You may need to trim it slightly to fit.)
  • Place milk in a pan over medium heat. Scrape in vanilla seeds and add bean too. Warm gently, then set aside for 10 minutes.
  • Place cornflour, custard powder and caster sugar in a pan. Strain milk, discarding bean, into pan with cornflour and whisk until smooth. Add cream, then return to heat, stirring constantly, over low heat until the mixture thickens and boils. Add butter, stirring well to combine, then remove from heat and whisk in egg yolks, one at a time, until smooth. Pour into pastry-lined pan and set aside to cool slightly before placing other piece of pastry, cooked-side up, on top. Refrigerate overnight.
  • Remove from pan, cut into squares and dust with icing sugar.

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