NAPOLEONES

FILIPINO RECIPE

Napoleones is one of the specialties of Bacolod. It is made of puff pastry and glazed sugar. It is the Filipino version or it is similar to the French pastry dish mille feuille.

INGREDIENTS:

Puff Pastry:

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

100 ml of cold water

220 grams butter, chilled

pinch of salt

1/4 tsp vinegar or lime juice

Custard Filling:

1/2 cup butter

2 cups evaporated milk

5 egg yolks

3/4 cup sugar

1/3 cup flour

Sugar Glaze:

2 cups sifted confectioners sugar

tablespoon vanilla extract

2 to 3 tablespoons boiling water

STEPS:

Custard Filling:

• In a heavy saucepan cook the butter, evaporated milk, egg yolks, sugar and flour on a low heat and constantly stir.
• When the mixture has thickened, remove from the heat.

Sugar Glaze:

• In a medium mixing bowl, put in the confectioners sugar and vanilla.
• Stir in enough boiling water to make a glaze of spreading consistently.

Puff Pastry:

• Cut around 40 grams of butter and melt it butter. Chill the remaining
• Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and add vinegar or lime juice, melted butter then pour in the water. Mix well, knead the dough.
• With a rolling pin, flatten dough into a rectangular shape.
• Place the chilled butter in the middle and fold the corners, right over left, making sure to seal the edges.
• Only with the finger tips, this way you are transferring little heat onto the dough.
• Roll and flatten the dough into a rectangle, roll it on top of a large tray, to keep the dough cold to avoid the butter from melting inside.
• Put the large tray with the dough inside the freezer to chill butter inside the dough.
• After 10 minutes, remove dough from freezer, fold again right over left and roll and flatten again with a rolling pin to form another rectangular shaped dough.
• Repeat this process 4 times. Cut into rectangle shape.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Bake the dough for about 10 to 15 minutes or until crust is golden. Cool completely.
• Cut puff pastry in half to insert custard filling.
• Pour glaze over the top.

FILIPINO RECIPE

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