Recipe - Berry Strip

One half Batch Quickest Puff Pastry

PASTRY CREAM
1 cup Milk
3 tablespoon Sugar
3 Egg yolks
2 tablespoon Allpurpose flour
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 tablespoon Unsalted butter
3 cup Raspberries; cut or sliced up
strawberries
; or a mixture of
; berries, such as
; raspberries, cut or sliced up
; strawberries,
; blueberries and
; blackberries, up to
; 4
Confectioners' sugar for
finishing
One jelly roll pan or cookie
sheet
; covered with parchment or
foil

For the crust, set a rack in the middle level of the oven and preheat
the oven to 350 degrees.

On a floured surface, pound the dough gently to soften it and roll it
into a rectangle about 7 inches wide and 12 to 15 inches long. Trim
edges and arrange on baking pan. Cut two 1inch strips from the
length of the dough, leaving a 5inch wide rectangle. Pierce the
large rectangle well with a fork and wet the long ends with water,
using a pastry brush. Apply the strips of dough to the moistened
edges and press down well with fingertips to make the strips adhere
to the base. Indent the sides of the strips with the back of a paring
knife and pierce the narrow strips at 1/2inch intervals with the
point of a paring knife. Chill the tart crust for an hour.

For the pastry cream, bring milk to a boil with half the sugar in a
small saucepan. Whisk yolks in a bowl and whisk in remaining sugar
and flour. Whisk the milk into the yolk mixture, then return mixture
to the pan over the heat and whisk constantly until the custard boils
and thickens. Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla and butter.
Scrape the filling into a nonreactive bowl and press plastic wrap
against the surface. Refrigerate until cold.

To bake the tart crust, place it in the oven and bake for about 30
minutes, until well risen and deep golden. Cool in the pan on a rack.

To finish, spread the pastry cream in the cooled crust and scatter the
berries over the pastry cream, covering it entirely. Dust with
confectioners' sugar immediately before serving.

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Recipe by: COOKING LIVE SHOW #CL9172

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