Braided Puff Pastry with Pastry Cream and Toasted Almonds

The braided puff pastry is a very traditional recipe in the world of pastry. It is a delicious dessert made with puff pastry and an exquisite filling of classic pastry cream. The braid is topped with delicious sprinkled almonds and a powdered sugar glaze.
Ingredients
4
Servings
  • 1 kilo puff pastry
  • 150 grams almonds, toasted and sliced
  • 500 milliliters cow's milk
  • 150 grams sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 30 grams cornstarch
  • 30 grams flour
  • 10 milliliters vanilla essence
  • 300 grams icing sugar
  • 1 egg white
Preparation
30 mins
20 mins
Medium
  • Mix 500 ml of milk with 75 g of sugar. Boil the mixture while continuously whisking.
  • Whisk 2 eggs with 75 g of sugar. Add 10 ml of vanilla. Stir.
  • Combine 30 g of flour with 30 g of cornstarch.
  • Incorporate the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients.
  • Temper the eggs with a little of the milk.
  • Stir the eggs with the milk, once tempered. Whisk until the pastry cream thickens.
  • Flour a surface. Roll out 1 kg of puff pastry to 1 cm thick. Cut a rectangle of 20 by 40 cm. Cut strips at a 45° angle on both sides of the dough. Fill with cold pastry cream. Braid the strips together. Brush the braid with beaten egg.
  • Sprinkle with sliced almonds. Bake at 200° C until the puff pastry is golden.
  • Mix 300 g of powdered sugar with 1 egg white. Cover the braid with the glaze.

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