Napoleon Slice

This is an extremely popular slice in Denmark with custard, cream, jam, baked puff pastry and fondant.

Ingredients

Puff pastry

Custard

Strawberry jam

Whipped cream

Fondant

Chocolate

Method

Preheat oven to 180ºC. Place sheets of pastry on greased baking trays and bake for approx. 20 minutes until baked and crisp. Allow cooling before placing a cooked pastry sheet on a deep tray. Pipe custard in the middle of the bottom layer of a strip of baked pastry with whipped cream next to it. Place another strip baked pastry on top. Melt chocolate in a little bowl in the microwave (45ºC) and pour into a small paper piping bag. Heat white fondant in a bowl in the microwave (45ºC) and spread evenly on the pastry. Pipe long lines of chocolate and run a knife opposite way. Allow setting approx 10 minutes in the fridge before cutting into slices. 

Note: Use soft icing mixed with red colour or fruit puree instead of fondant and chocolate. Soft icing is 250 g icing sugar mixed with 30 g. butter and 30 ml water in a food mixer until light and fluffy.