How to make a simple French style vanilla slice in 30 minutes

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  • Learn how to make a simple but delicious French style vanilla slice using home made pastry cream with this video tutorial.
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    🧅🥕INGREDIENTS🥕🧅
    500 ml / 2 cups full cream milk ( not fat reduced)
    130 grams / 4.6 oz caster sugar (fine white sugar)
    6 egg yolks
    1 vanilla bean (fresh) seeds scraped
    1 or 2 tablespoons of rhum or liquor of your choice like grand marnier(optional)
    40 grams / 1.4 oz plain all purpose white flour
    30 grams /1 oz corn starch (also called corn flour)
    1 roll of store bought (or home made) puff pastry sheet
    a bit of icing sugar to decorate at the end
    Preheat your oven before starting and ideally pre cut your pastry rectangle as well.
    Cooking time for the pastry around 15 minutes
    at 200 degrees Celsius around 400 degrees Fahrenheit
    Start by making the pastry cream then let it cool immediately while you cook the pastry . you can use the pastry cream soon as it is below room temperature .
    if you want, you can cook the pastry sheet and make the pastry cream beforehand and do the assembly later. pastry cream loses its flavor quickly within 24 hours maximum.
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  • @AidanGilbert
    @AidanGilbert 3 роки тому +223

    My grandmother, whose people came from Alsace, always added a bit of almond extract with to her vanilla pastry cream. It is sublime.

    • @ChateauShack
      @ChateauShack 3 роки тому +2

      Mmmmm..... That sounds good! J'ai faim.

    • @sogorgeous2257
      @sogorgeous2257 3 роки тому +5

      My grandparents were also from Alsace, Herbitzheim and Willerwald but lived their adult lives in Lorraine, Metz to be exact. My grandmother, Marie-Louise was an excellent baker and cook. She had the hands for it.

    • @JRose-zk1ni
      @JRose-zk1ni 3 роки тому +6

      I wonder how it would taste with an orange essence as well - miam!!

    • @TheNormExperience
      @TheNormExperience 3 роки тому +4

      I just learned this with my most recent batch of cookies - the extra almond with the vanilla extract took them from good to GREAT. Huge improvement with such a tiny difference.

    • @gojewla
      @gojewla 3 роки тому +2

      I was just thinking that would be nice. Almond everything is great!

  • @pondelion1
    @pondelion1 3 роки тому +32

    Millefeuille used to be me and my dad's big favorite when I was a kid. I remember the larger sized millefeuille my parents would order from the local pâtisserie to share for each of our birthdays. What a great memory!

  • @Koby19841
    @Koby19841 2 роки тому +9

    I love recipes like this. No Frills. No fancy techniques. Just simple, great tasting food.

  • @valeriahauselnebogdan4006
    @valeriahauselnebogdan4006 2 роки тому +21

    We also have this kind of cake in Hungary. It's called 'krémes' = creamy. We slice the upper pastry and put it on the cake before slicing the cake so that the cream won't be squeezed out of the layers.

  • @GracieJ7Diamonds
    @GracieJ7Diamonds 3 роки тому +55

    In Dutch we call them Tompouce (single) or tompoucen (plural). The classic ones are covered in a pink glaze. And you can get them for 0,75 cent at HEMA. They are soo good and mostly eaten at birthdays. And as a extra fun fact: during king’s day they are covered in orange glaze to celebrate the the birthday of the king of Orange.

    • @sparklemotion8377
      @sparklemotion8377 3 роки тому +2

      The Hema Tompoucen are great untill you get one from the bakery..
      The last time I had a Tompouce from the Hema it tasted like cardboard.
      Even the cheap Moroccan mille feuilles tasted much better.
      On Thursday I get them from Uljee for one euro a piece

    • @kalacs32
      @kalacs32 3 роки тому +1

      In Hungary our version is krémes (creamy cake) or francia krémes (French creamy cake), which has a caramel glaze. Our shop-bought versions are fucking disasters tho. Orange glaze sounds amazing.

    • @TheHansoost
      @TheHansoost 3 роки тому

      Lekker. I've had them with mocha cream filling as well. Heerlijk

    • @garrybarry4286
      @garrybarry4286 3 роки тому +3

      we call them "snot blocks" in Australia

    • @moniquem783
      @moniquem783 2 роки тому +1

      @@garrybarry4286 we used to have a bakery nearby that did huge cake sized ones. We called them snot slabs 😂

  • @alisondawson5084
    @alisondawson5084 2 роки тому +7

    THIS LOOKS FANTASTIC !!! OMG !!! THIS VANILLA SLICE MADE MY MOUTH WATER AS I WAS WATCHING THIS VIDEO. I HAVE TO SAVE THIS VIDEO SO I CAN MAKE THIS PERFECT VANILLA SLICE ! YUM YUM YUM ! FANTASTICO !!!! ❤️❤️❤️🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺xoxox

  • @Incubansoul
    @Incubansoul 3 роки тому +131

    French Pastry Chef: I'm definitely trimming the edges off to improve the presentation...and not so that I can eat the trimmings.

    • @msrrf1
      @msrrf1 3 роки тому

      😂

    • @graysaltine6035
      @graysaltine6035 3 роки тому +6

      When making a larger, dessert-sized millefeuille (with more pastry layers) traditionally the trimmings would be reduced to small flakes and stuck onto the sides afterwards with a thin smearing of pastry cream, you can even lay them out on a baking sheet, spray them lightly with sugar-water from a spray bottle then give them another quick bake to make them sweet and crunchy before the "masking" (crunchy chips like that are called feuilletine and can be reused in a bunch of other recipes, like being mixed with chocolate to form a sort of biscuit base for cremeux). Good chefs waste nothing, and if you got caught eating them you'd go arm-first into the baguette-slicing machine.

    • @Incubansoul
      @Incubansoul 2 роки тому +5

      @@graysaltine6035 I would be known as Jacques the No Armed Chef

    • @phillipaclark1832
      @phillipaclark1832 2 роки тому +1

      Of course not🤣

    • @teprakp
      @teprakp 19 днів тому

      Ha Ha Ha !!!

  • @pavanatanaya
    @pavanatanaya 3 роки тому +7

    The crunchy bits on the edge are my favorite

  • @NicHuisman
    @NicHuisman 3 роки тому +8

    Just made this for desert today. Absolutely fabulous!! Thanks for the recipe.

  • @stephgoble7007
    @stephgoble7007 2 роки тому +3

    That looks delicious. My French grandmother would have loved this.

  • @romangladiator1106
    @romangladiator1106 3 роки тому +1

    I absolutely love lemon puffs. So delish.

  • @TheBiscuitTickler
    @TheBiscuitTickler 3 роки тому +48

    He mentioned adding cointreau to the pastry cream at the end to rehydrate it and I highly recommend adding an orange liqueur. A few months back I DMd Stephane to confirm if it would be ok when I was making my vanilla slices to add Grand Marnier and it turned out phenomenally. The orange is not even close to overpowering. It's extremely subtle.

    • @FrenchCookingAcademy
      @FrenchCookingAcademy  3 роки тому +11

      indeed

    • @billd3356
      @billd3356 3 роки тому +1

      @@FrenchCookingAcademy This has so many comments I didn't have time to read all of them: is this the same thing as a true Napoleon?

    • @anggrimunki
      @anggrimunki 3 роки тому

      This souds awesome, so did you use vanilla and grand marnier? and how much grand marnier did you use?

    • @TheBiscuitTickler
      @TheBiscuitTickler 3 роки тому +1

      @@anggrimunki I just used straight grand marnier and it's just a splash or two to hydrate it. I tried to match the amount that he added and really didn't want to go over because you can easily add to it but you can't remove any if you put in too much.

    • @osamayahia4835
      @osamayahia4835 2 роки тому

      What kind of puff pastry you using? Like what brand plz … very important to let me know plz… ur amazing chef!

  • @Beefbouillon
    @Beefbouillon 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you for this walkthrough.
    This turned out great!

  • @mother1612
    @mother1612 2 роки тому +1

    Love that you showed an easier way of making these there my favourite slice

  • @anastasialaga
    @anastasialaga 3 роки тому +5

    I just love your recipes. Definitely gonna try this.

  • @madeleine7411
    @madeleine7411 2 роки тому +3

    Incroyable. Merci, monsieur. My very favorite dessert!

  • @marikalathem813
    @marikalathem813 2 роки тому +6

    This is wonderful! My favourite pastry but always seemed way above my skill level. Thank you for demystifying this wonderful dessert !✌️

  • @AuntLizzie
    @AuntLizzie 2 роки тому +2

    YUMMMM!! Can't wait to try this recipe. All others I've tried have been too sweet but this looks perfect. Thank you.

  • @TashJansson
    @TashJansson 3 роки тому +3

    pastry cream is the greatest thing ever!!!

  • @mmn958
    @mmn958 3 роки тому +9

    One of my favourites! Thank you, Stephane!

  • @georginashanti4605
    @georginashanti4605 2 роки тому +1

    Thank you! Just brilliant

  • @ronnieroo227
    @ronnieroo227 2 роки тому +1

    Vanilla slice is my absolute favourite and the Polish have the best l have ever tasted. They call it the Napoleon slice its yummy. 😋😋😋

  • @COOKINGFROMTHELOFT
    @COOKINGFROMTHELOFT 3 роки тому +14

    That looks heavenly! Thanks for simplifying Stefane and making this so accessible!

    • @FrenchCookingAcademy
      @FrenchCookingAcademy  3 роки тому +3

      no problem hope it will helps vanilla slices are good 😋😋

    • @Jay84476
      @Jay84476 Рік тому

      @@FrenchCookingAcademy A Lovely French vanilla slice, with a cold glass of a nice full cream
      milk is divine,

  • @terryhughes7349
    @terryhughes7349 3 роки тому

    fantastic recipe. Subtle and full of flavor.

  • @niza4953
    @niza4953 3 роки тому +5

    The passion! Merci, Stephane!

  • @phillipaclark1832
    @phillipaclark1832 2 роки тому

    I love vanilla slices!

  • @daphnepearce9411
    @daphnepearce9411 3 роки тому +12

    I've never heard of this before but.....dang! I already love it!

    • @Im_A_LumberJack_n_Thats_OK
      @Im_A_LumberJack_n_Thats_OK 2 роки тому

      This is an insanely popular treat in Australia. We have icing on top. Often pink icing.

  • @andysbg77
    @andysbg77 3 роки тому +3

    Magnifique!!!!
    For an extra layer, cou can add a thin layer of whipped (Stabilized) cream!!!

  • @lynnclark4208
    @lynnclark4208 2 роки тому +2

    I would be VERY tempted to spread the cream on the pastry and DEVOUR!! 😊

  • @lindalanning9376
    @lindalanning9376 2 роки тому +2

    I'm certainly going to try that recipe!. Love your presentation 😍

  • @elizebruwer8531
    @elizebruwer8531 2 роки тому +6

    In South Africa we called this “melktert” in english milktart. The only think when you put the filling ontop of the baked pastry we sprinkle little bit of cinnomon ontop.thats very nice

    • @zigzagpaz
      @zigzagpaz 10 днів тому

      Except melktert does not use flaky puff pastry, it uses a short crust pastry.

  • @veronicachiwanza9334
    @veronicachiwanza9334 2 роки тому

    Wow looks so delicious thank you for sharing

  • @beaandmaddy6623
    @beaandmaddy6623 2 роки тому +1

    Looks amazing. Thx for sharing.

  • @JRose-zk1ni
    @JRose-zk1ni 3 роки тому

    J'ai vraiment hâte d'essayer cette recette. Je vais aussi m'inscrire pour votre cours. Ça va être un cadeau à moi au printemps! Merci pour vos belles recettes qui sont tellement facile à préparer!!

  • @ChantingInTheDark
    @ChantingInTheDark 2 роки тому

    I would LOVE to try the ones made in this video!

  • @louisebury7934
    @louisebury7934 2 роки тому +1

    My favourite cake ever 😋 Thank you x

  • @mandyayranci885
    @mandyayranci885 Рік тому

    Perfection on a plate

  • @dmartin5774
    @dmartin5774 3 роки тому +3

    Always excellent instruction by a lst class affable teacher who has a delicious recipe to share! Thank you, Stephane! Your efforts are greatly appreciated!

  • @carolinacarolina6966
    @carolinacarolina6966 2 роки тому

    It is a very long time since I last got newsfeed from you.
    A good thing that you tube restarted sending vids from you.
    Thank you very much for all your work,you do a great job for all the viewers,whether they are professionals or simple ones.
    Keep the good work on to the delight of people round the world!

  • @olivesubrain9608
    @olivesubrain9608 2 роки тому

    Thank u, will definitely try.Looks good n easy

  • @tuimasitawake1408
    @tuimasitawake1408 2 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing.

  • @billiejocowell3242
    @billiejocowell3242 5 місяців тому

    I’m in love with

  • @CFinch360
    @CFinch360 3 роки тому +6

    The whole video is worth watching not just for the great instructions but to listen to him say nom nom nom at 9:16 :-)

  • @dwaynewladyka577
    @dwaynewladyka577 3 роки тому +2

    A perfect looking desert using vanilla. Cheers, Stephane!

  • @geomondiale1768
    @geomondiale1768 3 роки тому

    Beautiful pans!

  • @WhatsCookingAtMomsKitchen
    @WhatsCookingAtMomsKitchen 3 роки тому +15

    Perfect Vanilla Slice!

  • @theresevh
    @theresevh 3 роки тому +20

    I love your channel. You have such a charming presence! Thank you for this.

  • @lindab8397
    @lindab8397 2 роки тому +9

    One of my favourite cakes since I was a kid, the best one I ever had was in a beach cafe on the south coast it was so good we brought more in there to bring home for the next day , and such a deep filling , it was heaven. BEACHCOMBER BARTON ON SEA best vanilla slice ever ...... I would have day out and travel down just to bring some back.....

  • @claireholland3348
    @claireholland3348 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, I’ve studied French for over a decade and have never heard of a vanilla slice - it looks delicious, I’m definitely going to try it!

    • @graysaltine6035
      @graysaltine6035 3 роки тому +2

      Probably because it's not a real pastry, it's called a millefeuille.

  • @puntkickorton
    @puntkickorton 2 роки тому

    Very enjoyable to watch and listen - thank you 😍

  • @olgaguadalupeortegadavalos1551
    @olgaguadalupeortegadavalos1551 3 роки тому +1

    You make easy the desserts.
    Thank you for all your recipes

  • @cindyrasley627
    @cindyrasley627 2 роки тому

    Thank you ! Beautiful job 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @denisecarvalho9929
    @denisecarvalho9929 2 роки тому

    Thanks!

  • @barbaragreigceaser
    @barbaragreigceaser 3 роки тому

    Thank You!!

  • @maggiekissling3345
    @maggiekissling3345 2 роки тому

    Thanks looks yummy

  • @shopdog310
    @shopdog310 3 роки тому +2

    Enjoyed your video over a cup of fresh coffee..... very nicely presented.

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    @apolozorb3649 3 роки тому +3

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  • @tarasisan
    @tarasisan 2 роки тому

    wow! i just love the way you teach! thank you :)

  • @7rays
    @7rays 2 роки тому

    Fabulous!

  • @pattynabozny1503
    @pattynabozny1503 3 роки тому

    Lovely!

  • @TheCarlrivera
    @TheCarlrivera 3 роки тому

    Love this

  • @spiritualtarotvision5514
    @spiritualtarotvision5514 2 роки тому

    Beautiful vanilla slice ❤️

  • @crystalharris7394
    @crystalharris7394 3 роки тому

    WOW That is awesome I will be making that

  • @ng220
    @ng220 2 роки тому +11

    Beautiful! Thank you.
    I actually freeze my egg whites in a clean glass jar. If I have egg yokes, I mix them with a bit of milk and freeze them also in a glass jar. I've made pavlova with frozen egg whites and custard with the yokes.....using them at room temperature of course. It works.

    • @mlewis8579
      @mlewis8579 2 роки тому +1

      TY for the tips! I was wondering if I could freeze the whites without them being ruined.

    • @rosemarydudley9954
      @rosemarydudley9954 2 роки тому

      N.G. '''''' FREEZING GLASS? wtf? How dangerous is that, the glass can crack and break as it gets to room temperature...Try plastic containers ...

    • @louisechristian7660
      @louisechristian7660 2 роки тому

      Thank you for your tip as I always have spare whites left over and most times tip them out .Really appreciate your tip 🙏🏼💖❌⭕️

    • @angelesericson1200
      @angelesericson1200 2 роки тому +1

      I freeze the egg whites in ice cube trays. Usually I egg white in 2 cube spaces. When frozen I put them in a freezer bag and when I need 1 egg white I only have to get 2 cubes from my freezer bag. Simple. They will last a long time in the freezer.

    • @cheerfullcynic
      @cheerfullcynic 2 роки тому

      @@rosemarydudley9954 glass is at risk of cracking when the temperature change is drastic, like freezer to oven. Just defrosting on the counter isn't going to put the glass at risk of exploding

  • @scooterpp
    @scooterpp 2 роки тому +2

    never heard of Vanilla Slice until today..I'm excited!

    • @rosemarydudley9954
      @rosemarydudley9954 2 роки тому

      Scott Parisi .... I don't know how old you are but I was eating them back in the late 50's and early 60's !! They don't make them like they used to...

    • @scooterpp
      @scooterpp 2 роки тому

      @@rosemarydudley9954 I came along in 1968 and I don't remember them here in the Boston area...I'm going to make them.

  • @catherinerodriguez4598
    @catherinerodriguez4598 2 роки тому +1

    One more layer, Napoleon!!! My favorite pastry.👵🌹🌹❤️❤️

  • @johnzeetee6747
    @johnzeetee6747 Рік тому

    I wish I could magically transport that to my house! Yum!

  • @patfrontuto5342
    @patfrontuto5342 2 роки тому

    Awesome Chef!

  • @sonny2004
    @sonny2004 3 роки тому

    Really nice..thats my next project..thanks

  • @jeanhawken4482
    @jeanhawken4482 2 роки тому

    Beautiful

  • @fussyrenovator7551
    @fussyrenovator7551 3 роки тому

    Fabulous.

  • @ritabattaglini851
    @ritabattaglini851 Рік тому

    Very nice!

  • @GBERTS
    @GBERTS 3 роки тому

    beautiful

  • @GOINGCRAZYINTHEKITCHEN
    @GOINGCRAZYINTHEKITCHEN 3 роки тому

    I love it!

  • @o.dalkom8123
    @o.dalkom8123 3 роки тому +3

    Omg looks amazing 🤩 🤩

  • @jayantjolly
    @jayantjolly 3 роки тому +1

    This is so good!!

  • @marywilson8733
    @marywilson8733 3 роки тому

    Great recipe sir

  • @danielapagliaro8025
    @danielapagliaro8025 3 роки тому

    Yes that is a beauty!

  • @adeleacosta7426
    @adeleacosta7426 2 роки тому

    Yummy! Can’t wait to try 😄

  • @afafzabaneh919
    @afafzabaneh919 2 роки тому

    Beautiful work....

  • @sammifsud9987
    @sammifsud9987 2 роки тому

    The best I like it.

  • @maintaman8142
    @maintaman8142 2 роки тому

    Lovely is always.

  • @lindacuff7251
    @lindacuff7251 2 роки тому

    Luv it

  • @kbc163
    @kbc163 3 роки тому

    J'habite en Louisiane et j'aime toujours votre cuisine. Ca c'est bon!

  • @crolmac
    @crolmac 3 роки тому

    In belgium they are called glacés ó they have a sugar glaze}, and i absolutely love that you can't eat them cleanely!so good, so simple, so fun!

  • @lisapapanis5224
    @lisapapanis5224 3 роки тому

    Excellent mercy 🙏🏼

  • @firenzeong317
    @firenzeong317 2 роки тому

    I like French vanilla slice. Yum! I like your accent!

  • @garrybarry4286
    @garrybarry4286 3 роки тому

    The humble snot block very good

  • @MariVictorius
    @MariVictorius 3 роки тому +1

    I really enjoy this channel. 👍

  • @sg5104
    @sg5104 3 роки тому +4

    It taste fantastic! Thanks for the recipe!

  • @KaiTenSatsuma
    @KaiTenSatsuma Рік тому

    That's a neat trick to add some rum to the pastry cream, I think the fruit tart I'm used to buying probably added some more almond extract after the fact to make that flavor stand out more.

  • @bambinelas
    @bambinelas 3 роки тому

    Amazing

  • @desleykakoulidisgallaway3382
    @desleykakoulidisgallaway3382 2 роки тому

    Yum delicious 😋

  • @keicdessertasmrmukbang2170
    @keicdessertasmrmukbang2170 3 роки тому

    Merci je veux essayer un jour!

  • @loaded2820
    @loaded2820 3 роки тому +6

    I really enjoyed this recipe, especially your presentation. Thank you 🙏🏻

  • @bellabrooks5289
    @bellabrooks5289 2 роки тому

    Beautiful and Delish

  • @brunomaglione2138
    @brunomaglione2138 2 роки тому

    Exquisite

  • @ginapafitis1966
    @ginapafitis1966 2 роки тому

    Yum my favorite👍😋😋😋

  • @awesometulips9427
    @awesometulips9427 2 роки тому +1

    great video, it takes the mistery out of a great dessert :)

  • @johnroekoek9864
    @johnroekoek9864 2 роки тому

    In the top 3 of Dutch pastry