Fig And Custard Pastries - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup milk
1/3 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp cornstarch
3 None large egg yolks
2 tbsp cream
3 sheets ready-rolled puff pastry
5 None fresh figs, halved, thinly sliced
1/2 cup light brown sugar

Preparation

Combine milk, sugar and vanilla in a medium saucepan, bring to a boil. Meanwhile, whisk cornstarch and egg yolks in a medium heatproof bowl. Gradually whisk in hot milk mixture. Return mixture to pan, stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens. Cover surface with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2 hours, then fold in cream.
Preheat oven to 425\u00b0F. Grease 2 baking trays. Cut 16 x 2 inch rounds from 1 pastry sheet, place on trays, brush lightly with water.
Brush 1 pastry sheet lightly with water, top with the other sheet, press firmly. Cut 16 x 2 inch rounds from pastry stack and cut 1 inch rounds from the center of each round. Discard small rounds.
Place pastry rings on top of pastry rounds on tray. Press down gently. Bake for 30 mins. Cool on trays.
Preheat the broiler. Using a teaspoon, press down on the centers of the pastries to flatten. Spoon pastry cream on to the pastries. Top with fig slices, sprinkle with brown sugar. Place under the broiler until sugar has caramelized.