Recipe: Strawberry Mille FeuilleBy: “George Bailey” – Rivers Restaurant Cruises, Pastry Chef
Serves 8
Puff Pastry, 3 sheets
Method
Cut puff pastry into eight 7cm diameter circles using a cake ring or cutter set
Bake at 200˚c for 20 to 30 minutes. Reduce temperature to 180˚c and cook for a further 10-15 minutes until pastry is a deep golden honey colour.
Crème Patisserie
166ml Milk
32g Caster sugar
1 Vanilla bean
1 Egg yolk
16g Corn flour
Method
Combine milk, 16g of sugar and vanilla bean in a pot, bring to the boil.
Whisk the egg yolks, remaining caster sugar and corn flour together.
Slowly combine small amounts of milk mixture with the egg yolks, return to the boil & mix until thickened.
Leave to cool, then place in fridge
Crème Diplomat
150g Crème patisserie
300g Thickened cream
2 Gelatin leaves
Method
To soften gelatin leaf, soak in cold water.
Whip the thickened cream.
Whisk the Crème Patisserie until smooth and fold through whipped cream.
Heat the Crème Patisserie mix and add the drained gelatin leaf
Leave to cool
Recipe: Strawberry Mille Feuille

Berry Compote
23g Sugar
30ml Water
15ml Lemon juice
200g mixed strawberries, blueberries & blackberries
Method
Combine sugar, water and lemon juice in a saucepan and boil for 5 minutes.
Add berries & simmer for 15 minutes
To Assemble
In a cake ring, layer puff pastry, Crème Diplomat and sliced fresh strawberries (2 layers of each). Allow to set in fridge for at least 30 minutes. Serve with berry compote.