Orange mille-feuille
Orange mille-feuille
Ingredients
Puff Pastry
- 2 sheets puff pastry, just thawed, halved
Cream
- 450ml double cream
- 1 1/2 tbsp Grand Marnier liqueur
- 1 1/2 tsp caster sugar
Orange Curd
- 2 eggs
- 3 egg yolks
- 100g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
- 80g unsalted butter, chopped
- 125ml (1/2 cup) fresh orange juice, strained
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 orange, rind finely grated
Candied Oranges
- 1 large navel orange, cut into 5mm-thick slices
- 500ml (2 cups) water
- 155g (3/4 cup) caster sugar
- 10 whole cloves
- 1 cinnamon stick
Instructions
- 1
For the orange curd, whisk the eggs, egg yolks and sugar in a small saucepan until combined. Place over low heat. Add butter, orange juice, lemon juice and rind, whisking until combined. Cook, whisking constantly, for 10-12 minutes or until mixture thickens. Pour through a sieve into a bowl. Cool, stirring occasionally, for 30 minutes. Cover with plastic wrap. Place in the fridge for 2 hours.
10 min - 2
For the candied oranges, place the orange in a heatproof bowl. Cover with boiling water. Stand for 2 minutes. Drain. Place the water, sugar, cloves and cinnamon in a frying pan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring, for 3 minutes or until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low. Add orange. Simmer, turning halfway through cooking time, for 45-50 minutes or until soft and translucent. Transfer to a wire rack set over a baking tray to drain. Cool completely.
45 min - 3
Meanwhile, preheat oven to 200C/180C fan forced. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Place 2 pieces of pastry on tray. Top with another sheet of baking paper and another baking tray. Bake for 8 minutes. Turn trays over. Bake for a further 5-7 minutes or until pastry is crisp and golden. Cool completely. Repeat with remaining pastry.
8 min - 4
Place the cream, Grand Marnier and sugar in a bowl. Whisk until firm peaks just form.
- 5
Place 1 piece of pastry on a plate. Spread with 1/4 of the cream mixture and a little of the curd. Repeat to make 4 layers, finishing with the cream. Drizzle with the remaining curd. Twist orange slices and place on top of the mille-feuille.