Classic Vanilla Slice
Prep: 205 mins
Cook: 20 mins
Servings: 10
Who can resist a Classic Vanilla Slice! Filled with creamy custard and encased in flaky pastry, Classic Vanilla Slice is a family favourite treat. Sprinkle it with Soft Icing Mix to finish.
Ingredients
- 2 sheets quality Pampas butter puff pastry, thawed
- 1¾ cups milk
- 1½ cups thickened cream
- 40g butter, diced
- 6 extra large egg yolks
- ½ cup CSR Caster Sugar
- ⅓ cup custard powder
- 1 vanilla pod, seeds scraped
- CSR Soft Icing Mixture, for dusting
Method
- Pre-heat oven to 180°C fan-forced. Line a 20cm square cake tin with baking paper, allowing excess to come above the sides for ease of lifting slice out of pan once set.
- Cut a 22cm square from each sheet of pastry. Place onto an oven tray and prick well with a fork (or place another oven tray on top to keep pastry even). Bake for 20 mins until pastry is golden and crisp. Remove to a wire rack to cool.
- Combine the milk, cream and butter in a saucepan and heat until it just comes to a boil. Remove from heat.
- Whisk together the egg yolks, sugar, custard powder and seeds in a large mixing bowl until smooth. Gradually pour the hot milk mixture in whisking continuously until combined.
- Return mixture to a clean saucepan and bring to a boil, whilst whisking. Once boiling, cook for a further minute, then remove from heat.
- Place 1 sheet of the pastry in the base of prepared tin. Pour in the custard mixture and top with remaining pastry sheet. Refrigerate for approximately 3 hrs or until set.
- When set, lift slice out of tin, and dust with icing sugar. Cut using a serrated knife and serve.
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