ingredients
2 sheets butter puff pastry, halved
100g dark chocolate
1/2 cup (125ml) thick cream, whipped
20g white chocolate, melted, cooled
creme patisserie
6 egg yolks
40g plain flour, sifted
125g caster sugar
2 cups (500ml) milk
1 vanilla bean, split
method
- Refreeze 1 pastry half, as it’s not required. Place the 3 remaining halves on a lined baking tray, prick all over with a fork then refrigerate for 1 hour.
- To make creme, place egg yolks, flour and 2 tablespoons of the sugar in a bowl and whisk until pale. Combine milk, remaining sugar and split vanilla bean in a saucepan and bring to the boil over medium heat. Strain into egg mixture and discard vanilla bean. Return to pan and cook over low heat, stirring for 2-3 minutes or until thickened, then cool.
- Preheat oven to 190°C. Bake pastry for 10 minutes, then place a sheet of baking paper and a baking tray on top of pastry and return to oven for 10 minutes. Remove paper and tray and cook for a further 5 minutes, then allow to cool.
- Place dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (don’t let the bowl touch the water). Once the chocolate has melted, stir until smooth. Cool completely.
- Spread chocolate over one pastry half. Combine whipped cream and creme patisserie. Place an unglazed pastry half on a serving tray and spread with half the cream. Top with other piece of unglazed pastry and remaining filling. Top with glazed pastry. Place white chocolate in a piping bag and pipe thin lines across the top. Use a skewer to drag the lines. Refrigerate for 30 minutes before serving.
Credits: Taste