SHF #12 - Cooking up Custard

I've missed the SHF #11 in August due to my trip to Hong Kong. Urgh! I've been waiting rather anxiously for the next SHF and it's finally here! The theme for SHF #12 is Custard, hosted by the lovely Elise.

Speaking of my Hong Kong trip, well, other than burning a big hole in my pocket by my seemingly endless eating and shopping, I've also spent quite some time in the book shops there. I was hoping to get some good quality cookbooks, on Cantonese or rather, any authentic Chinese cuisine, that I can't get hold of in Singapore. However, I stumbled upon a baking cookbook instead, by the Le Cordon Bleu in Japan.

One recipe that caught my eyes is Mille-Feuille, or Thousand Leaves in French. I remember seeing a beautiful matcha version by Keiko of Nordljus. So I decided to try my hand on this recipe as well! It was made by spreading custard with freshly-cut fruits between three sheets of puff pastry, with almond flakes at the side of the pastry and topped with a combination of cocoa powder and icing sugar coating.


All went well until I tried to cut it into slices. The flakes from the puff pastry created some brown spots on the custard and I couldn't get a good picture showing the cross-section of the pastry. It's yummy though... That's what matter most, isn't it? ;-)

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Updated on 18 Sep: Here's a round-up of SHF by Elise!