Filipino Napoleanes

Name: Filipino Napoleanes
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 24 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup cold water; 1 cup butter, chilled; 1 pinch salt; 1/4 teaspoon lime juice; 1/2 cup butter; 2 cups evaporated milk; 5 egg yolks; 3/4 cup sugar; 1/3 cup flour; 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar; 1 tablespoon vanilla extract; 2 -3 tablespoons boiling water

Submitted by Air Force Mama

"Adapted from Pinoy Recipe"

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Ready In:: 2hrs 15mins
Ingredients:: 13
Serves:: 24

ingredients

Puff Pastry
2 ¹⁄₂ cups all-purpose flour
¹⁄₂ cup cold water
1 cup butter, chilled
1 pinch salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon lime juice
Custard Filling
¹⁄₂ cup butter
2 cups evaporated milk
5 egg yolks
³⁄₄ cup sugar
¹⁄₃ cup flour
Sugar Glaze
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 -3 tablespoons boiling water

directions

Custard Filling:
In a heavy saucepan, place the butter, evaporated milk, egg yolks, sugar and flour.
Stir to combine, then cook the mixture on a low fire stirring constantly to prevent scorching.
When the mixture has thickened, remove from the heat.
Sugar Glaze:
In a medium mixing bowl, put in the confectioners sugar and vanilla.
Stir in enough boiling water to make a glaze of spreading consistently.
Puff Pastry:
Cut around 3 tablespoons of butter, melt the butter then chill the remaining.
Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and add lime juice, melted butter then pour in the water.
Mix well, knead the dough a little bit.
With a rolling pin, flatten dough into a rectangular shape.
Place the chilled butter in the middle and fold the corners, right over left, making sure to seal the edges.
Do not handle the dough with your whole hands, only with the finger tips, this way you are transferring little heat onto the dough.
Roll and flatten the dough into a rectangle, we suggest that you roll it on top of a large tray, this will keep the dough cold to avoid the butter from melting inside.
Put the large tray with the dough on top to chill butter inside the dough. The reason the dough is being chilled is to make sure the butter is not absorb by the dough, by the time you finish this process your dough will have a thin sheet of butter on each layer.
After 10 minutes, remove dough from freezer, fold again right over left and roll and flatten again with a rolling pin to form another rectangular shaped dough.
Repeat this process 4 times. Cut into rectangle shape.
Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
Bake the dough for about 10 to 15 minutes or until crust is golden. Cool completely.
Cut puff pastry in half to insert custard filling.
Pour glaze over the top.