Quick "Napoleon" from puff pastry

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

For many residents of the post-Soviet space, the Napoleon cake has long become a New Year's cake. Each family has its own special recipe for this delicacy. Delicate, made of puff pastry, with fragrant vanilla cream, strewn with sand crumbs, this cake will certainly become a decoration of the festive table. Based on the recipes of the best chefs in the world, this layer cake turns out amazing, but often we don’t want to bother with preparing the dough. Every housewife hopes to find the quickest and easiest Napoleon recipe that everyone at home will love. This article contains the most successful puff dessert recipes.

How is Napoleon Bonaparte involved in this delicacy?

There are many myths according to which the puff pastry was invented by the great commander, but none of them has been confirmed, just like the version that the dessert was invented in a town in the Bay of Naples.

Modern historians believe that the famousthe cake first appeared on the territory of the Russian Empire, and this is associated with the expulsion and destruction of the Napoleonic army. According to rough estimates, the dessert appeared on the 100th anniversary of the victory over France.

"Lazy" option in a frying pan

What to do if there is no oven, but you really want homemade cakes? A quick cake "Napoleon", the cakes for which are prepared in a pan, will not leave anyone indifferent. Cooking does not take much time, and the result is a magnificent, delicate dessert. To bake Napoleon you will need:

• 1 glass of milk;
• 1 pack of butter or margarine;
• 1 glass of sugar;
• 2 large eggs;
• 20g sunflower oil;
• half a small spoonful of soda (repay with lemon juice);
• s alt pinch;
• 2 kg wheat flour.

Cream Ingredients:

• 400 ml milk;
• 3 eggs;
• 160g sugar;
• 3 packs of butter;
• 1 can of condensed milk;
• vanilla.

Cooking method:

1. Break two eggs into a deep bowl with milk, extinguish the soda with lemon juice. Mix thoroughly with a whisk.
2. Remove the milk in the cold for half an hour.
3. The sifted flour is rubbed into crumbs with butter, cut into small cubes. It is important to do everything quickly so that the butter does not melt.
4. Make a well in the flour. Pull out the chilled milk and egg mass, add to the butter flour.
5. It should be a soft dough.
6. Divide it into many parts (minimum 22-24). Roll each piece into a layer.
7. Cook in a pan, frying the cakes until golden brown.
8. Then you need to trim them using a plate or pot lid.

How to make cream:

1. Boil milk.
2. Pour sugar into the eggs.
3. Slowly pour the egg mixture into the hot milk.
4. Cool the mass.
5. When the mass has cooled, put butter into it, beat with a mixer at high speed, at the end add condensed milk and vanilla.

Grease cakes with the resulting cream. Grind the scraps of cakes and make a powder for the cake from them. Fast "Napoleon" is ready. It is necessary to let it stand in the cold for 8 hours, then it will become even tastier.

What to do when guests are about to arrive, but there is nothing for tea? You can make an easy and quick Napoleon cake from puff pastry. This is the best option for the lazy, because it does not need baking. It's a quick and easy way to please friends and loved ones.

Puff dessert without baking

To prepare a quick "Napoleon", you will need the following ingredients:

• about 550g puff pastry;
• 2 cups of milk;
• 2 large eggs;
• 2 tablespoons flour;
• 6 tablespoons of sugar;
• 40g butter.

First you need to cook the cream:

1. Combine milk, vanilla and sugar, stirring constantly, heat up.
2. Separately mix eggs with flour, beat thoroughly so that no lumps form.
3. Gently pour half of the hot milk into the eggs, remembering to stir.
4. Then, put the entire contents of the bowl into a saucepan and simmer over low heat until it thickens.
5. When the cream thickens, remove from heat, put butter in it. Mix the mass thoroughly.
6. Pour the cream into a clean, dry bowl, hide under the lid. Cool down. On the dish on which the cake will “sit”, apply a layer of the prepared cream. Spread cookies evenly. On top again a layer of cream, and so on. Coat the cake on all sides with cream. Sprinkle the treat with leftover biscuits.

This simple and quick Napoleon cake recipe is sure to please every housewife. If desired, the cake can be decorated with peanuts, nuts or pieces of fruit.

So from a simple cookie you can create a whole masterpiece. So the fast Napoleon is ready. The recipe is extremely simple, but the cake turns out amazingly delicious. In addition, a beautifully decorated dessert will be a great birthday present. The birthday boy will be delighted!

Quick "Napoleon" from ready-made dough

The cake according to this recipe is prepared much faster than the classic one, because yeast-free puff pastry is sold in every supermarket, which means that you do not need to spend precious time on kneading. All you need to do is take it out of the package and roll it out with a rolling pin. If you want to whip up a delicious dessert for a tea party, a quick puff pastry Napoleon is a great choice.

For making cakesyou will need 2-3 packs of yeast-free puff pastry.

For cream:

• 70g flour;
• 3 cups of milk;
• 200 g sugar;
• 2 sticks of butter;
• 3 eggs;
• vanilla.

How to cook:

1. Before you start baking cakes, the dough must be defrosted.
2. You can give it both a rectangular and a round shape. Using a plate, cut out circles, later cutting can be used for sprinkling.
3. Lightly sprinkle the baking sheet on which the cakes will be baked with flour. Prick the dough with a fork so that it bakes well.
4. Bake cakes at 220°C until golden brown.

Preparing cream:

1. Pour sugar into a saucepan with milk, stirring constantly, put on medium heat.
2. Use a mixer in a separate bowl, beat the eggs with flour. Add a little milk to make the mixture smooth.
3. Pour the resulting egg mass into a saucepan, stirring constantly, bring to a boil.
4. When the cream boils, you can remove from heat. Let cool.
5. Mix soft butter with vanilla. Introduce the cooled cream, continue to beat.
6. You will get a fairly thick filling for the cake. The trimmings also need to be baked, then crushed into crumbs. Form a cake from the cakes, coat each layer with custard.

That's how easy it is to prepare a quick "Napoleon" from a purchased yeast-free dough. A quick recipe will please every housewife, and the cake will be eaten in an instant.

"Napoleon" based on Armenian lavash

Not every housewife will guess to use pita bread to make "Napoleon", but such a cake turns out no worse than other quick sweets. All you need is to cook the cream. It is prepared according to the classic recipe. Custard Ingredients:

• egg - 1 pc;
• 80g sugar;
• vanilla;
• 1 glass of milk;
• 20g flour;
• 1 small spoonful of lemon zest.

How to cook:

1. Beat the egg well with a whisk.
2. Mix all the ingredients and put on heat. Stir constantly.
3. When the mixture boils, turn off the stove.
4. In the hot cream, add a quarter of a package of butter, beat on high speed.

Leaves of pita bread are thinly greased with cream, stacked on top of each other. Sprinkle the finished cake with nuts, grated chocolate - it all depends on preferences. Refrigerate a quick "Napoleon" from pita bread for at least three hours so that it soaks.

Some secrets of the classic version

To make the cake perfect, you should follow some rules:

• Use only the best flour. It is advisable to sift it so that the dough comes out lush.
• The fluffiness of the dough depends on the fat content of the oil.
• Do not use frozen butter as this will cause the dough to tear during rolling.
• Puff pastry loves coolness, so all “operations” with butter should bemove quickly, otherwise it will “float”.
• The liquid must also be chilled. In addition, it is important to roll out the dough correctly.
• Roll out the layers in one direction, periodically turning clockwise.
• Napoleon cakes should be thin, 2-3 mm.

How to make cakes even

To make all the cakes the same size, it is necessary to use markings when rolling out the dough. Both a pot lid and a silicone mat will work for this purpose. The cakes will not puff up during baking if pricked with a fork or knife.

Juicy or crunchy?

Depending on preference, the dryness of the cakes can be adjusted. Fans of juicy "Napoleon" need to soak the cakes with sour cream or traditional custard. For a crispy cake, buttercream is the best option.

Cream for "Napoleon" honey-yoghurt

Those who are bored with the classics can try a special yoghurt-based cream recipe. It will turn out to be more liquid than the classic one, as a result of which the cakes are better saturated. To prepare the cream, you will need:

• 1 glass of milk;
• 1 cup of yogurt;
• 1 yolk;
• 1 tablespoon honey;
• fillers - any fruit.

How to cook:

1. Add chicken yolk and honey to yogurt and milk, beat it all wellmixer.
2. Set to heat.
3. Stirring constantly, achieve a thick cream consistency, turn off the stove, let the mixture cool. For a smoother taste, add butter.

Conclusion

Each country has its own special "Napoleon", but perhaps this cake is most popular in the post-Soviet space. For quite a long time, "Napoleon" was a puff pastry in the shape of a cocked hat of the famous French ruler. It is noteworthy that the French have a similar dessert. It's called Milfey. This is a multi-layer cake of round shape with butter cream, decorated with berries. In Italy, there is a s alty "Napoleon" stuffed with cheese and herbs. There are a lot of recipes for this legendary delicacy. But each of us has “the same Napoleon”, with whom pleasant memories are associated and at the sight of which there is a feeling of a holiday.