This recipe for Strawberries And Cream is a continuation from previous posts.
With the starter enjoyed and the main course devoured, I set my mind to how best to do strawberries and cream – without it being obvious. My friend Chantelle asked for some ‘cross aunts’ and this inspired me to make strawberry filled croissants and a strawberry mille-feuille.
all three of the ingredients were on my list of ingredients, and I did not need anything else to make my dessert
Strawberries and Cream
Ingredients
- puff pastry
- strawberries
- cream
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
- whip the cream
to make the croissant
- cut the pastry into a square
- slice a couple of strawberries quite thickly
- place the square of pastry with one of the points facing you
- layer the strawberries across the pastry, from point to point
- now roll the pastry over the strawberries until it resembles a croissant
- tuck in the edges and shape
- bake for 22 minutes
- remember, the strawberries will be hot so do not enjoy straight away!
to make the mille-feuille
- at the same time as you are baking the croissant place two rectangular pieces of puff pastry into the oven
- when they have cooled pipe on a generous layer of cream onto one piece
- layer on the strawberries
- place the second piece of puff pastry on the top
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EDIT:
When I was still writing my blog over at Letter-Dash and then Food24, this recipe was a continuation of two days’ worth of blogging. I really gave no thought as to how it would read 11 years down the line. And as you can tell, my recipe writing skills were sorely lacking in this post. I mean, how big a sheet of puff pastry did I use? Did I cut it to a particular size? How many strawberries did I end up using? And how much cream did I whip? So if you find yourself here, wanting to make this recipe, I sincerely apologise.
I normally have coffee at around nine. How many can I expect to be delivered by then???
You have really outdone yourself (as usual) with this challenge! *dashes off to Foodbuzz*
thank you so much!
No no! Not Thank You Very Much … what time are my pastries being delivered???
you must have missed the delivery!
Very creative Tandy.
Jolly well done with your use of ingredients in the challenge.
Thanks Cindy – it was a great challenge 🙂
Now this is exactly what I had in mind when I gave those ingredients – great minds do think alike! Wonderful!
of course! thanks for the lovely ingredients 🙂
Oh very good, Tandy – these look wonderful, I love that ‘cross aunt’ with strawberries idea! Well done!!!
thank you! Chantelle inspired these 🙂
Nom! that looks great
thanks!
Great riff on good old strawberries & cream! I’ll need to get my behind into gear to complete my challenge, right?
at least there is an extension! The plain old strawberries and cream seemed too obvious 🙂
numm numm numm !! what a great combination !!!
perfect for a lazy breakfast with some good coffee 🙂
Perfection! So simple…yet amazing. Great job in the challenge 🙂
thanks – it has been great fun!