My favourite dessert so far for this pregnancy. I found the simplest and cheapest way to make yummy vanilla slice. Here's the ingredient:
Ready frozen pastry sheet - 2 pieces
milk- 1 1/2 cup
thickened cream or pouring cream 1/2 cup
custard powder 1/3 cup
water 1/2 cup
sugar 1/2 - 2/3 cup depending on ur tastebud
some icing sugar for dusting later
instruction:
pre-heat oven 180 degree celcius (fan forced oven). cut ur pastry sheet to fit ur baking dish. Put the pastry sheet on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Put a baking dish on top of the pastry sheet. This is to put weight on the pastry sheet so it doesnt puff up a lot as we only want thin pastry. I've seen other recipe books suggested putting beans on top of the pastry sheet lined with baking paper. U can try what works. bake for about 20 mins or until brown. Then cool them on a rack.
Custard: mix milk, sugar and cream in a pot on medium heat. mix custard powder with water. When it's warm (not boiled) put the custard mix in the pot and keep stirring for few minutes until thickened. Then cool it.
When both pastry puff and custard are cool. Line the baking dish with baking paper. Put 1 layer of pastry puff then the custard and another pastry puff on top. Put it in the fridge for about 2 hrs or until the custard becomes firm. Dust icing sugar on top of your vanilla slice b4 serving.
I normally use a 20 x 30cm baking dish to make my vanilla slice and the thickness of the custard is about 2 cm. If u like to have really thick vanilla slice like those they sell at the bakery u can double the amount of custard mix.
Hope u enjoy it as much as i do :)
