Whats Cookin Italian Style Cuisine

Puff Pastry

Custard Filling:

Assembly:

Topping:

Chocolate

Vanilla Frosting

Napoleon Pastry Dessert is a puff pastry delicious and flaky with several layers filled with custard in between.The dessert is baked, cut, and drizzled with a little chocolate and vanilla frosting marble effect on top.Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper set aside.Unfold the puff pastry sheet and trim edges to a 9-inch square.Cut pastry into nine rectangles.Transfer pastry dough to the prepared baking sheets; prick pastry.Bake in a preheated oven for 18-23 minutes, or until golden. (Or bake according to package directions.) Carefully remove pastries from the baking sheet. Cool on a rack.6 egg yolks beaten2 cups of milk2 tablespoon of butter melted1 full piece of orange peel (optional)3/4 cup sugar6 tablespoons of flour1 tablespoon pure vanilla extractMelt butter in a pan add flour stir till smooth no, lumps add milk, beaten egg yolks, sugar, butter, peel if using, vanilla...stir constantly until thick and creamy, if it gets too thick add a little more milk. Remove immediately from the pot as it will continue to cook and then pour into a bowl. Cool with a piece of wax paper over the top and a teaspoon of sugar this will keep the skin from forming on top.... cool completely.Spread about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the pastry cream on the bottom layer and precede as follows:Top with middle pastry layers. Spread another 1 1/2 tablespoons of the pastry cream on each middle layer. Finally, top with remaining pastry layers.You can stack as many as you like I used six for each pastry.Spread glaze over top of napoleons, then drizzle with melted chocolate. Chill up to 1 hour before serving.First of all, you can use white and dark chocolate chips melted or make a powdered sugar frosting.Either one will work fine.1/2 cup chocolate chips melted (I used a microwave-safe dish in the microwave) or make a chocolate frosting using half the vanilla and adding 3 teaspoons of unsweetened cocoa powder to half the vanilla frosting recipe.2 cups powdered sugar1 tablespoon butter2 to 3 tablespoons of hot waterMix sugar, butter, and water till a smooth consistency, frosting should be loose, not thick.After the pastry is layered, slather white thick frosting over the top, drizzle with melted chocolate and swirl with a knife to get the marbled effect.