Sometimes called Napoleon, the French pastry consists of crispy, airy layers of puff pastry, interspersed with delicious lemon cream and whipped cream.
It is necessary
- - 500 g of puff pastry;
- - 300 ml heavy cream;
- - 250 g lemon cream (Kurdish);
- - flour (for rolling);
- - icing sugar (for dusting).
- For Lemon Kurd:
- - 2 lemons, 2 eggs;
- - 70 g of sugar, 55 grams of butter.
- Utensil:
- - metal baking sheet, silicone mat.
Instructions
Step 1
Lightly flour the surface of the table. Roll out the dough into a 25 * 38 cm rectangle. Straighten the edges of the crust and prick it with a fork. Place a silicone mat on a metal baking sheet. Roll a layer onto a rolling pin, then gently move, roll out the dough on the rug. Place in refrigerator for 20 minutes.
Step 2
Bake in an oven preheated to 230 ° C for 20 minutes. Transfer the finished crust from the baking sheet to the wire rack and cool. Make lemon cream. The usual proportion of lemon cream (Kurdish): for 1 egg - 50 g of sugar, zest of one lemon, 30 ml of lemon juice and 20-30 g of butter.
Step 3
For the cream, grate the lemon zest and combine it with sugar, grind well. Add strained lemon juice, eggs, beat until a single mass is formed. In a water bath, stirring constantly with a whisk, bring the mixture to thicken, about 7-10 minutes.
Step 4
When the cream thickens to the consistency of sour cream, remove from the water bath, strain through a sieve. Leave the cream to cool for 10 minutes at room temperature. Add butter to warm cream and stir until smooth.
Step 5
Cut the crust into three equal pieces across. Spread two layers of whipped cream. Top with lemon cream. Laying both layers on top of each other, cover on top with the third - no filling. Sprinkle powdered sugar on top, sifting it through a strainer.
Step 6
Decorate with a lattice of rhombuses. Heat a metal knitting needle red hot while holding it with your hand in a fireproof glove. Then press the knitting needle into the icing sugar layer on the top layer. First make oblique parallel stripes in one direction, then in the opposite direction. Place in refrigerator. Cut the baked goods into 4 equal cakes before serving.
