Posted by: Swee | October 11, 2006

Mille Feuille

Mille Feuille means ‘ a thousand layers ‘. It’s a French classic dessert made with two or three puff pastry laid on top of each other, and in between consisting Cream Patisserie, or whipped cream, in my case, we used Creme Diplomate. Creme Diplomat has gelatine and whipped cream in it instead of the usual Creme Patisserie. It’s something like Napoleon, and here, in Australia, it’s called Vanilla Slices. Now does that recall something familiar ?

We made inverted puff which is freaking good. We used the puff for some hor ‘dourves . It was a flaky and short crust.

This is what it may looked like as a Vanilla Slice. It’s topped with tempered fondant with melted chocolate to look like a herringbone pattern.

Sliced Mille Feuille that we made in class last week.

Responses

where can i get this nice Mille Feuille?

I made a remark in regards to Vanilla Slices a few posts back, inquiring if you had knowledge about these lovely and delicate treats…this post a full-pronged reply!

I must add though…they do bear an uncanny resemblance to those packaged slices sold at Woolies and a few cafes throughout the CBD…which actually taste pretty good (its from Balfour’s, a general pastry caterer)

Please do tell me that you have aspirations to open a sweet-centre in Malaysia…with loyalty cards! :-)

wahh..how did it taste? U never tell lerr but from the looks of it, it’s yummy haha…I’m a sucker for pastry

Gorgeous looking! Yeah I’m waiting for you to open a shop in Malaysia. Give discount to bloggers ya. Hahaha

Yummy and look so beautiful.

Mmmm, I am drooling, reminds how longs its been since I have eaten a good vanilla slice or any vanilla slice for that matter, can feel one coming on sometime soon

reminds me of the green tea cake u made for me! i lost my sweet tooth after u left! damn damn damn!

irene : well, you can find them in most cafes I guess, I’m not too sure. But this one here in my blog, I made them :)

J: oh, I forgot about the reply about vanilla slices. haha. and yes I have plans to open a bakery in Malaysia, but, not too sure when :P Loyalty cards ? OH of course!

jazzmint : how did it taste ? em, lets see, the pastry was short n crunchy, the fondant waas slightly too sweet, the filling was just nice, but maybe a lil firmer would be easier to cut. Maybe some berries would balance the creaminess of it. :D

cheh : thanks

flower : thanks :)

Ange : Oh actually I’ve not tasted a vanilla slice before. :P

yeemei: oh.. i guess u stil have to wait till next year :(

okok…faster open and give me discount ok? a must!!! haha..no objection…keke!!

Wow, this is droolworthy!

Oooh wicked! I’d love a chance to take photographs in a school of culinary arts like yours. Would be brilliant.

Hi, just a few corrections if I may…

“Mille fueille” actually means “Thousand leaves/sheets”, minus the “a” in the beginning lol. I’ve seen many so-called “food connoisseurs” make this mistake… its a little frustrating lol ^_^

Also… I’ve not sure what you mean by “hors d’ourves”, but there IS “hors d’oeuvres”… maybe that’s what you mean? Anyway just thought I’d point those out. I’ve never tried mille feuille before, but I’d love to one day. Preferably one I’ve made myself lol…

ps I LOVE the chocolate icing topping, whoever did it did a great job!

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