Vanilla Slice (Easy Version)

Submitted by I'mPat

"From our local paper. I have made the passionfruit icing an option as we would prefer to dust with icing sugar. Our pre-rolled pastry sheets measure 24cm x 24cm (9 1/2" x 9 1/2")."

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 8 matchsticks
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 sheet puff pastry (cut into 8 rectangles or matchsticks)
• 2⁄3 cup caster sugar
• 2⁄3 cup cornflour
• 3 1⁄4 cups milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1⁄2 cup cream (whipped)

• Passionfruit Icing

• 2 passion fruit (seeds and juice of)
• 2⁄3 cup icing sugar

directions

1. Preheat oven to 200C (180C fan forced).
2. Place pastry rectangles on line baking tray and bake till golden (5 to 7 minutes - check after 4 minutes).
3. Combine sugar and cornflour in a saucepan, add milk a little at a time and whisk in so you don't form lumps.
4. Bring to the boil, remove from heat and whisk in the vanilla, yolks and butter.
5. Cool with cling wrap pressed onto the surface so a skin doesn't form.
6. When mixture is cold, stir in cream.
7. Split matchsticks in half lenghtways and spoon custard on to the flat side and top with the rounded top second piece.
8. For passionfruit icing, mix the seeds and juice of the passionfruits well with the icing.
9. Spoon over passionfruit icing or just dust with icing sugar.
10. Serve immediately, if not doing so, make up and assemble just before serving, otherwise pastry will go soft, keep pastry in air tight container.