Cake "Napoleon"
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Everyone knows the Napoleon cake.
Did you know that this cake, or rather the cakes, originally got their name from the cocked hat that Napoleon loved so much and was worn by the entire French army. Napoleon cakes were triangular in shape, layered, with delicate cream.
I believe every housewife can buy puff pastry and make Napoleon cakes in her kitchen. But I’m not looking for easy ways, I like it to be delicious. I won’t be lazy and prepare the dough myself, it’s not as difficult as it seems.
We will need: flour, butter, salt, eggs, vinegar, some water.
Ингредиенты
For the test:
Water - 120 ml
Butter - 250 g
Wheat flour - 700 g
Salt - 1 pinch
Table vinegar - 0.5 tbsp.
Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
Cream:
Butter – 350 g
Milk - 400 g
Sugar - 1 glass
Yolks – 3 pcs.
Vanillin – 1 sachet
Cognac – 1 tbsp.
Рецепт
1. Crack the eggs into a measuring cup. Add water to the 160 ml mark. Pour in vinegar and add salt. Beat the mixture with a whisk.
2. Break 1/3 of the flour into crumbs in a blender with cold butter.
3. Combine flour and egg mixtures. Add the remaining flour and knead the dough. Beat the dough on the table.
4. Divide into 11-13 balls and refrigerate for a couple of hours or overnight.
5. Roll each ball into a thin crust. Prick the dough with a fork and bake until golden brown for 5-7 minutes at 190 degrees.
6. The cakes turn out thin and crispy.
7. For the cream, prepare warm butter, milk, sugar, yolks, cognac and vanillin.
8. Place the yolks in a saucepan, mix with sugar and vanilla, pour in a little more than half the milk. Mix. Heat the remaining milk and pour into the egg mixture, stirring continuously. Heat the mixture over medium heat until thickened. Remove the finished mixture from heat and cool to room temperature.
9. Beat the butter into a fluffy mass, add the milk-egg mixture in three additions, without stopping beating. At the end add cognac. You will get a lush and delicate cream.
10. Coat the cakes with cream. Assemble the cake.
11. Sprinkle the cake with crumbs from one cake layer and nuts. Leave the cake to soak for 2 hours on the table, then put it in the refrigerator.
12. After 4 hours, cut the cake into triangles and get Napoleon cakes. Sprinkle a plate with powdered sugar and lay out one cake.
13. Now let's enjoy! It's great! Cook with pleasure and do not deny yourself anything!