You can try "Napoleon" everywhere: not a single menu of a large cafe can do without this truly "king" of pastries, in any grocery store you will find several varieties of goodies. But undoubtedly, the most delicious Napoleon cake is the one that was baked at home with love and soul.
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Chopped Napoleon
To prepare the dough for this dessert, you will need:
- margarine - 400 grams;
- wheat flour - 4 cups;
- water - 1 glass;
- salt - on the tip of a knife.
The cream requires the following products:
- milk - 2 glasses;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- wheat flour - 4 tbsp;
- sugar - 3 glasses;
- butter - 300 grams.
Cake Decoration:
- walnuts - 100 grams;
- crumbs from the cake.
Cooking dough
Chop the margarine with flour. To do this, cut it into small pieces, put in a bowl and gradually add flour in small portions, while constantly chopping this mass with a knife. Margarine should be at room temperature, but not very soft, so as not to stick to the knife.
Add salt to the water and mix a glass of room temperature water into a mixture of margarine and flour. The dough should turn out steep, but moderately soft, so as not to stick to your hands. From the specified number of ingredients should be 6 cakes. Divide the dough into 6 parts and refrigerate for 1 hour.
After the dough has cooled, roll out thin crusts (not more than 1 cm) and bake in a preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes. Check the readiness of baking on a golden crust. Each cake is baked separately. Since the dough is very fragile, the cakes must be removed from the pan already cooled, very carefully so that they do not crumble in your hands. If a piece nevertheless breaks off, it does not matter. You can glue it with cream during the assembly of the cake or use it as a sprinkle.
How to make cream for chopped Napoleon
First you need to boil milk. Grind the eggs with two glasses of sugar, stir in the flour and pour this mass into the boiling milk in a thin stream, constantly stirring. Cook for about 10 minutes, not forgetting to interfere. Remove the cooked mass from the stove and allow to cool well.
Grate the softened butter with a glass of sugar and add the cooled custard mixture there in portions. Beat thoroughly with a mixer. Beat for about 10 minutes.