Mille Feuille - Valentine's Day Special

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How to make the traditional French dessert Mille Feuille (Napoleon in the US) dressed up for Valentine's day. It is made with 3 layers of puff pastry and pastry cream in between. The strawberries add a special touch to this dessert. Enjoy!

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[Dimanta]

My parmsment papers (wax papers) are always creating so much smoke that I have to stop cooking, baking! Its horrible, why is that?

[cookingwithalia]

@Dimanta Actually you should use Parchment paper NOT wax paper. These are two different types of papers. The wax paper burns at high heat (around 400 F) - it should be used to bake cookies at 350 F. Please do not use it again for high heat, or it may burn one day in the oven. oops!

[xxchocobun89xx]

oh so that's how u do the brownish stripes i thought it was chocolate

[cookingwithalia]

@xxchocobun89xx

No, actually you are right. the ones sold in bakeries is white fondant + chocolate stripes. However, I made a 'light' version of just having powdered sugar on top and 'caramel' flavor with the burnt sugar stripes.

[notbadwill]

As always you are sweeter than any cake.

[cookingwithalia]

The traditional french mille-feuille is made with 'pate feuillete' (puff pastry) + creme patissiere (pastry cream) + covered with white fondant. I mentioned in my video that I am making the mille-feuille 'valentine's style', so what I did is added strawberries and instead of the fondant, I used powdered sugar. Other than that, the pastry and cream are similar to the traditional mille-feuille recipe (but of course, I wont be surprised if there other different recipes)

[niyoggirl]

Um, what do I do if I don't have stones?

[selliemusiclover1]

Looks good

[lifoc]

How can I make this without the eggs? :( Please help!

[eviraaddict]

@cookingwithalia, when mixing the egg mixture, can we use uhm.. electrical beater?

[Dimanta]

@cookingwithalia Thank you for letting me know. I bought it as it said - its good for baking but didnt mention anything about the temperature. Usually I used it only for cookies, but I guess the temperature was 350 F and higher.

[break4love23]

@kiddlyjesus3000 thats a good idea!

[lam362]

Amazing!

[richterscale09]

is the music really necessary?