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Ingredients
2 Puff Pastry-sheets
1/4 cups Custard Powder
1 tsp Vanilla extract
1/4 cups Caster sugar
1 cup Cream
1.5 cups Milk
25 gram Butter
1.5 cups Icing Sugar
Directions
- Preheat oven to 190 degrees.
- Line two oven trays with baking paper.
- Place the pastry sheets on the prepared trays and prick all over with a fork.
- Bake for 10 – 15 minutes or until golden and crisp.
- Cool on a wire rack.
- To make the custard, blend the custard powder, sugar, milk and cream in a saucepan over medium heat until custard boils and thickens.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
- Cover the surface of the custard completely with plastic wrap (to stop a skin forming) and cool completely.
- Spread one sheet of the puff pastry evenly with custard. Top with remaining pastry sheet upside down.
- To make the icing, combine the butter and icing sugar in a heatproof bowl.
- Stand the bowl over a pan of simmering water and stir until the icing is smooth and glossy.
- Remove from the heat and spread evenly over the pastry sheet.
- Refrigerate for several hours before cutting into squares and serving.
How to Make a Traditional Vanilla Slice
Traditional Vanilla Slice is a combination of delicious homemade custard, flaky puff pastry and icing. ?Yummy yum yum. ?If you want the ‘cheating version’ with vanilla pudding mix?- we have that too!
I used to buy a ‘Snot Block’ every day on the way to school. It was an addiction.? Traditional Vanilla Slice is totally Australian and totally delicious!
A little hint to get the very yummiest Traditional Vanilla Slice out there – get the Extra Buttery Puff Pastry – it will be in the freezer section of your local supermarket.? Yes it is extra naughty – but extra delicious!
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