How to prepare 'Napoleon' yourself

How to cook "Napoleon"? Simply, the process is simple, the main emphasis is on the puff pastry, which, after learning, you can quickly cook. So, let's begin.

For the test we need: butter (creamy, but can be replaced with margarine) - 300 grams, a partial glass of chilled water (3/4), two eggs, 650 grams of flour (wheat, preferably sifted), three tablespoons of vodka, which can be replaced with cognac , And one tablespoon of 9% vinegar. A little salt for an eye.

In the prepared deep dishes we pour water and add vinegar and vodka. In a separate bowl, combine the salt and one egg. Now connect both cooked components.

Chilled butter is cut into cubes and mixed with pre-sifted flour, until you get a mealy-butter crumb from which you make a slide with a depression in the middle. We pour in gradually gradually the previously prepared mixture and knead the dough, which is divided into twelve pieces, rolling balls from them. We give a little "rest" to them under the food film, and then we send it to the refrigerator for two hours.

From the cooled balls roll cakes and bake in the oven at a temperature of 220 degrees. For the information of the hostesses: the cakes are very thin and brittle, so they should be baked on a baking sheet turned upside down. So it's much easier to shoot. By the way, when you get accustomed, the cakes will be much more convenient and roll out directly on the baking sheet.

Roll out the cake with a plate and necessarily pierce in several places with a fork, after which we send it to the oven. Once the cake is gilded (about five to seven minutes), it can be removed. Do not forget to bake the cut pieces that will be useful for decorating the cake.

Now we start preparing the cream for which you will need: seven yolks, one and a half liter of milk, 350 g of sugar, 200 g of butter, vanillin and flour, about one hundred grams.

In the cookware prepared for brewing the dish, melt the oil, which gradually pour in a solution of eggs, milk and flour, without forgetting to stir constantly. Gradually add vanillin and sugar and, after bringing the mixture to a boil, remove from the plate. Cool the cooked cream.

Now all the cakes can be smeared with cream, and, before smearing the last cake, crush the cake with your hands. Now spread the upper cake and put the cake in the fridge for two hours to impregnate.

Cream soaked in cream can be decorated with crusted scraps of cakes. Your "Napoleon" is ready!

How to cook "Napoleon" in a simpler way, is it possible? Creating a cake with a recipe above - the process is a bit laborious, it can be made less complicated.

"Napoleon" from the ready test

If the time is not enough (on the threshold of the guests) or just do not want to long tinker, you need to know the recipe how to cook "Napoleon" in a short time. The recipe below will take you about forty minutes.

How to prepare "Napoleon" from puff pastry:

• Buy flaky sheet dough in any supermarket and defrost at room temperature;
• Divide the dough into identical parts;
• Roll the dough and cut it in a circle (you can use the cake shape);
• Bake cakes;
• We lay aside the cakes for cooling, we begin to make the cream;
• Fry flour in the pan (80 g) until tender golden color, after which add the oil (200 g);
• Now add a liter of milk, grated pre-yolks (6 pcs.) With sugar (350 g) and a little vanilla;
• Cook on low heat until thick;
• We let the cream cool and smear the cakes;
• Cut off the edges of the cakes (also baked) rubbed into crumbs and decorate the cake;
• Put the finished cake for several hours in the refrigerator (2-3 hours will be enough).

If you ask how to make a cake "Napoleon" made from ready-made cakes, then we will answer that in a similar way. You can cook any cream mentioned above. Knowing the basic principles of how to prepare "Napoleon", you have a lot of opportunities to fantasize, and who knows, maybe you can improve the taste of a cake loved from childhood.