Milfey (the title translates literally as "a thousand sheets") - the original French dessert or snack from puff pastry (we are all familiar with this dessert called "Napoleon"). This dessert is a small cakes of rectangular shape, but sometimes they are made large and round. Cake millet is sandwiched with fruits, various sweet creams, fruit jams, nuts, cheese and other various dessert delicacies. Top with a glaze based on sugar. The slow snack malfee can be with layers of fish or lobster, various vegetables, pates, thick sauces. It is usually served at the beginning of lunch or dinner. The first recipe for Malfoy was published by the French culinary expert Francois Pierre in 1651. The recipe was perfected by the famous confectioner Marie-Antoine Carem.
Classic Mulffy
Dough
Ingredients (for the test):
- 200 g of natural creamy unsalted butter (and another gram 100);
- 300 g of wheat flour;
- a pinch of salt;
- a little white wine vinegar;
- 100 ml of ice water.
Preparation:
From these ingredients, we prepare the classic puff pastry (the process is not fast, in several steps with 3-fold cooling). From the rolled dough we will bake the cakes (preferably approximately the same shape) - they are baked quickly, about 5 minutes each at a temperature of 200 ° C. The baked cakes can be cut into small plates (if we want to collect cakes).
Cream for malfoy
Cream for malfeas are prepared in several versions. The most common is a cream based on Mascarpone cheese, which is supplemented with egg yolks and a little sugar powder. Since "Mascarpone" is not so much cheese, as very thick and fatty cream, dessert is very caloric. Another option is a custard.
Ingredients (for cream):
- 150 g of sugar;
- 80 g of flour in / s;
- 6 yolks;
- some vanilla and cinnamon;
- a tablespoon of cognac;
- 0,8 liters of milk.
Preparation:
To prepare the cream, carefully separate the yolks from the proteins. From proteins you can make meringue or marshmallow, and yolks with a powder of sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Gradually add flour and mix until homogeneous. Warm the milk, pour a third of the milk into the yolks and mix well. When the remaining milk boils, a thin trickle, continuously stirring, we pour into it the yolk mass. We will cook, stirring constantly, so that the cream is not burned, until the cream begins to thicken. Fill cognac, stir and cool the cream. To make it plastic, you can add 200 g of butter until the cream is completely cooled. To make a vanilla millefe, a vanilla pod is added to the milk, heated, then scraped off the vanilla, and the pod is removed. Cakes grease with a cooled cream, it is laid berries or fruit.
Milf with strawberries
Berry Malfoy - a traditional dessert, most often it is prepared with strawberries or strawberries. Strawberry mildew is very delicate, it needs to be eaten up to a maximum of 5 hours after cooking until the cakes are soaked.
Ingredients:
- 400 g of ripe strawberry;
- packing of puff pastry;
- 200 g of powdered sugar;
- cream of 30% fat (500 ml) or custard prepared according to the recipe specified above.
Preparation:
Puff pastry is rolled into a thin layer, we cut out the cakes of the desired shape, nakolem their fork and bake until ready. Cream well cooled and vzobem with sugar. Strawberries are washed when the berries are drained, remove the stems and cut each berry into 2-3 parts. We put whipped cream or custard on crusts, we will lay berries. Dessert can be of arbitrary height. Milk with raspberries is also very delicious, while you can use both berries and berry mousse. The main thing - the berries should be not damaged and not over-ripe.