Millefeuille with mascarpone cream and blackberries

Name: Millefeuille with mascarpone cream and blackberries
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 Roll (270 g) butter puff pastry (refrigerator shelf; e.g. from Aunt Fanny); 1 TABLESPOON + 75 g sugar; 250 g Blackberries; 100 g Blackberry Jelly; 7-10 Tbsp ½ Vanilla bean; 250 g Mascarpone; 1-2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice; 250 g Whipped cream; 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar; baking paper

AUTHOR
Kerry Mosley

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
60 mins

TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 12

1 Roll (270 g) butter puff pastry (refrigerator shelf; e.g. from Aunt Fanny)
1 TABLESPOON + 75 g sugar
250 g Blackberries
100 g Blackberry Jelly
7-10 Tbsp ½ Vanilla bean
250 g Mascarpone
1-2 TABLESPOONS Lemon juice
250 g Whipped cream
7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar
baking paper

Directions

1
Take the puff pastry out of the fridge. Preheat the oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 175 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Unroll the puff pastry and place on a baking tray together with the paper. Spread 1 tablespoon of sugar on top and press down gently.
2
Cover with a piece of baking paper. Place a fat pan (deep baking tray) on top to weigh down. Bake puff pastry in a hot oven for about 25 minutes.
3
Take out the puff pastry and cut it crosswise with a sharp knife into 3 equally sized strips. Let it cool down. In the meantime, sort out the blackberries, wash them carefully if necessary and drain them. Heat the jelly, mix with the berries and leave to cool.
4
Cut the vanilla pod open lengthwise, scrape out the pulp with the back of a knife. Stir mascarpone, vanilla pulp, lemon juice and 75 g sugar until smooth. Whip cream until stiff, fold in.
5
Spread half the mascarpone cream and berries on a strip of puff pastry. Place 2. strip of dough on top. Add the rest of the cream and berries. Place the rest of the pastry strips on top and carefully press down lightly.
6
Keep cool until serving. Dust with icing sugar.