Strawberry Mille Feuille

Strawberry Mille Feuille is a delicious French dessert made with layers of flaky puff pastry, velvety diplomat creme, and juicy fresh strawberries. These delicious homemade individual mille-feuille cakes are very easy to make and a crowd pleaser!

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While the strawberries are still in the season, I wanted to share one of my easy-to-make summer puddings which has been a family favorite for over 20 years.

These light and flaky Strawberry Puff Pastries are not only easy to make but are also versatile. You can fill them with your choice of cream, also you can replace the strawberries with other berries or bananas.

I use the same recipe for the diplomat creme that I use for French Strawberry Tart and Eclair Cake (Ekpa Pasta) but you can use simple creme patissiere (pastry cream) or creme chantilly.

Why This Recipe Works?

• They are very easy to make with step-by-step pictures and instructions yet very impressive.

• One portion of Strawberry Puff Pastry has only 275 kcal.

• All you need is 320 grams of rolled puff pastry to make 10 individual mille-feuille cakes.

• They can be prepared a couple of days in advance, they will keep fresh for 2 to 3 days in an airtight container.

Ingredients and Substitutes

• Puff pastry - I use a rolled-up all-butter puff pastry sheet size of (35cmx23cm / 14"x9") (320 grams). You can buy them fresh or frozen from supermarkets. If using frozen, let it thaw before using and bring it to room temperature.

• Milk - I prefer using full-fat milk for making creme patissiere.

• Butter - Use good quality unsalted butter. It adds shine and flavor to the pastry creme.

• Egg yolks - They add richness and provide structure.

• Vanilla paste - I use vanilla bean paste or extract but vanilla bean works even better if you have it in hand.

• Sugar - Both granulated and caster sugar works great with this recipe.

• Flour - I use plain flour and mix it with cornflour to thicken the pastry cream. You can omit it and use cornflour for the gluten-free version.

• Cream - You can use double cream/heavy cream or whipping cream to make the creme Chantilly. Make sure it is cold before whisking and keep it refrigerated until you need it.

• Strawberries - Use fresh strawberries as the frozen ones wouldn't work with this recipe. You can substitute them with raspberries or any berries that are in season.

How to Make Strawberry Puff Pastries?

This is a very easy and straightforward recipe to make. However, to achieve the best results, you need to follow a few steps:

Prepare the Creme Diplomat

Place the milk, butter, and vanilla paste in a saucepan and gently bring to simmer on low heat. Remove the saucepan from the heat.

In a bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and sugar until the mixture becomes pale and thick.

Add the flour along with the cornflour and then whisk to combine.

Add half of the hot milk into the flour-egg mixture, whisking well, and return the mixture into the saucepan with the rest of the milk.

Return the saucepan to heat and cook until it thickens, whisking continuously. Let it boil for a minute stirring continuously then remove from the heat.

Let it cool down to room temperature. When the pastry cream has reached room temperature, start whipping the double cream until you reach stiff peaks.

Don’t worry if your pastry cream is a bit of a blob after chilling. Whisking it up by hand or in the mixer will fix that right up. Whisk the pastry cream to loosen then fold in the whipped cream gently in 2 stages.

Cook the Puff Pastry

Preheat the oven to 190 °C (fan oven). Unroll the puff pastry sheet on a lightly floured surface. Cut into 10 equal rectangular pieces. You can use a ruler if you want them the perfect and the same size.

Place the cut pastries on a tray lined with parchment paper.

Cook them for 15 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Let the cooked puff pastries cool down before filling them with the creme diplomat.

Build the Strawberry Mille Feuille

Carefully split the puff pastries in half using a small pallet knife or knife. Place 1- 1 ½ tablespoon of diplomat cream on top of the half puff pastry sheet and spread a couple of spoonfuls of strawberries on top. 

Carefully place the other puff pastry sheet on top. Repeat the same for all of the puff pastries.

Sprinkle on some icing sugar using a small sieve and then place a piece of strawberry for garnish.

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I hope you enjoy the process of making these scrumptious Strawberry Puff Pastries as much as you enjoy eating them! 🙂

Bon appétit! / Afiyet Olsun!

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