and serve with your Almost French Pastry.
heet for another use). Unfold pastry; cut lengthwise into three 3
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Make pastry cream by heating the milk
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Place the cornstarch
Prepare an 11 x 7-inch baking dish, you can even prepare this in a large glass trifle bowl.
Arrange a layer of crackers on the bottom of the dish (you might have to break some to fit).
Prepare pudding as directed on the box (using half and half cream in place of milk) chill in the fridge for 15 minutes, then spread over the crackers in the dish.
Whip the 2-1/2 cups of whipping cream with the confectioners sugar and vanilla (add more confectioners sugar than 4 tablespoons for a sweeter taste if desired).
Spread the whipped cream ...
200 degrees C). Place puff pastry cups on a baking sheet
Pastry dough:
Mix flour, oil
ut 1 sheet of puff pastry into a square on a
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o 425\u00b0F. Place each pastry sheet on a separate baking
an use a ready-prepared pastry flan case or make your
Preheat oven to 400\u00b0F. Line a large oven tray with baking paper.
Cut 4 (4 inch) rounds from puff pastry. Arrange on tray about 1 inch apart. Heat quince paste with 2 tbsp water in a small saucepan until smooth. Brush pastry with some of the quince mixture. Arrange apples slices on pastry, overlapping slightly. Brush with more quince mixture. Bake for 20 mins, or until puff pastry is crispy and apple is tender.
Brush tarts with remaining quince mixture. Serve warm.
ut 1 sheet of puff pastry into an 8x9 inch rectangle
urface, roll out 1 cold pastry sheet to 1/8 inch
roiler safe bowls. Top with french bread slices and cheese. Place
In a deep sauce pan preheat oil to 325\u00b0F
Make French toast batter by mixing the eggs, half and half, whole milk, and cinnamon.
Soak brioche in French toast batter.
Fry on all sides until golden brown and delicious.
Set aside momentarily.
Using a sharp knife poke a whole in the front of the french toast.
Using a pastry bag fill the toast with the vanilla pastry cream.
Saute bananas in dulce de leche.
Plate the toast and pour the bananas on top.
Dredge with powdered sugar.
o cool.
Cut puff pastry dough into 4 equal pieces
Preheat oven to 450\u00b0F. Stir butter, sugar, cream, and cinnamon in medium saucepan over low heat until sugar has dissolved; bring to a boil. Add apples, reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, without stirring, for 5 mins, or until apple is tender. Spread into 9-inch pie dish.
Cut 9 1/2-inch round from pastry sheet; place on top of apple mixture. Bake for 20 mins, or until pastry is browned lightly.
Stand for 5 mins. Turn tart, apple-side up, on to serving plate.
Combine all ingredients except pastry and blend well.
Roll our small sections of pastry into thin sgtrips a bout 2 1/2 inches wide.
Place the seasoned meat on half of each strip and fold in center, covering the filling.
Press edges down firmly and cut into desired shape with a cookie cutter.
Drop into hot deep fat (about 370F) until brown or place on cookie sheet and bake at 400F for 15 minutes.
eam and fold into pastry cream.
For pastry: Preheat oven to