Strawberry Mille Feuille Gateau Recipe

Name: Strawberry Mille Feuille Gateau
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 300 ml double cream; 2 tsp fresh lemon juice; 15 grams plain flour; 350 grams puff pastry; 6 tbsp redcurrant jelly; 350 grams strawberries

40 Minutes

Serves: 6

Delicious layers of crispy puff pastry, lightly whipped doubled cream and fresh sliced strawberries layered to form a sweet light gateau topped with slices of strawberries glazed with red currant jelly. Perfect for a quick dessert for a dinner party

Recipe Ingreds

Pastry

350 grams puff pastry
15 grams plain flour

Cake

300 ml double cream
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
6 tbsp redcurrant jelly
350 grams strawberries

Recipe with pictures Steps

Step 1

remove the pastry from the freezer

Step 2

lightly dust a clean work surface with flour
roll out the pastry into a rectangle 3 mm thick
cut the pastry into 3 rectangles
place on a baking tray
prick the pastry
cover with cling film
rest for 20 mins in the fridge

Step 3

set the oven to 200C 400F or gas mark 6
remove the cling film
cover with greaseproof paper
place a baking tray on to the top of the pastry
place in the oven
bake for 20 mins

Step 4

remove the pastry from the oven
remove the top baking tray
remove the paper
return to the oven
cook for 5 minutes
remove from the oven
set a side to cool

Step 5

while the pastry is cooking
add the cream to a bowl
whip the cream to form soft peaks
place the cream in a piping bag
set a side

Step 6

squeeze the lemon(s) .
melt the redcurrant jelly in a pan with the lemon juice cook till it slightly thickens

Step 7

wash the strawberries
dry the strawberries
hull the strawberries
cut the strawberries into slices

Step 8

place a layer of pastry on a serving plate
pipe on the cream
place the strawberry slices on top of the cream
glaze the strawberries with the jelly
Repeat the layers
ending with a pastry layer

Step 9

neatly place a layer of strawberries over the pastry
glaze the strawberries with the jelly

Step 10

slice the gateau
place on a plate

Recipe Utensils

1 baking tray
1 chopping board
1 cling film
1 grease proof paper
1 hand mixer
1 large knife
1 lemon squeezer
1 medium bowl
1 piping bag
1 rolling pin
1 sieve
1 small pan
1 tea towel

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About our strawberry mille feuille gateau recipe

Mille-feuille is french for thousands of sheets, it has been recorded in recipe books since the 16th century . A mille-feuille has 3 layers of pastry , two layers of pastry cream and is dusted with icing sugar or fondant. There are numerous versions of mille-feuille in different cultures, the most common is the vanilla or custard slice.

Our Mille=feuille is a simple gateau of puffed pastry sliced into oblong shapes and baked in the oven till golden brown. When the pastry is cool, whip the cream and pipe on top of the pastry. Slice the fresh strawberries and place on top of the whipped cream, and glaze the strawberries with a little red currant jelly, add the next layer of pastry and repeat. Add the final layer of pastry and place the sliced strawberries on top, glaze generously with red current jelly. This recipe is perfect for a casual dinner party

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