Vanilla Slice
This recipe is printed from Scissors, Paper, Bacon.
Prep Time 20 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Chill Time 6 hours hrs
- 2 sheets butter puff pastry
Custard Filling
- 260 grams caster sugar
- 65 grams custard powder
- 90 grams corn flour
- 3 cups milk
- 1 cup cream
- 75 grams butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 egg yolks
Passionfruit Icing
- 225 grams icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons passionfruit pulp
Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Line two trays with baking paper and lay a sheet of pastry on each tray. Cover with another sheet of baking paper and then place another tray on top. Bake the pastry for 20 minutes, until golden. Set aside to cool completely.
Line a 23cm square tin with baking paper or foil. Trim both sheets of pastry to fit the tin and then place one sheet of pastry in the base of the tin.
Custard Filling
In a saucepan combine the sugar, corn flour and custard powder. Add the milk and whisk until smooth. Add the cream.
Stir the mixture over a medium heat until the mixture boils and thickens. Add the butter and vanilla extract and remove from heat. Once the butter has melted add the egg yolks and stir until combined.
Spread the custard mixture into the prepared pan and then add the second sheet of pastry to the top. Set aside to cool completely.