Miniature Napoleons Recipe

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It can be a challenge to come up with an elegant dessert that works well for a cocktail party. These impressive, bite-size sweets are easy to eat while mingling.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen

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Miniature Napoleons Recipe
  • Prep: 30 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min. + freezing
  • Yield: 54 Servings
30 10 40

Ingredients

  • 6 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup 2% milk
  • 1 egg yolk, beaten
  • 2 tablespoons butter, divided
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
  • 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped

Directions

  • In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstarch and salt. Stir in milk until smooth. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat; cook and stir 1 minute longer.
  • Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot mixture into egg yolk; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir 1 minute longer. Remove from the heat. Stir in 1 tablespoon butter and vanilla. Cool to room temperature without stirring. Refrigerate until chilled.
  • Unfold puff pastry; place on an ungreased baking sheet. Prick dough thoroughly with a fork. Bake according to package directions. Remove to a wire rack to cool
  • In a small bowl, beat cream until stiff peaks form. Fold into custard. Use a fork to split pastry in half horizontally. Spread filling over the bottom half; replace top. Cover and freeze for 4 hours or until firm.
  • Cut into 1-1/2-in. x 1-in. rectangles. In a microwave, melt chocolate and remaining butter; stir until smooth. Drizzle over pastries. Freeze until serving. Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 pastry equals 49 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 32 mg sodium, 5 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Miniature Napoleons in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2008, p35

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Reviewed on Dec. 30, 2011 by 7833louis

OMG!, if the French knew about these they would start consulting American cookbooks!

 
 
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