Vanilla Slice Quick And Easy Recipes

EASY NO-COOK PASTRY CREAM

Steps:

• Place all ingredients in a large bowl. Use an electric mixer to beat until very stiff peaks form and the filling smooths out, about 2 minutes. Store covered in the refrigerator until well chilled. The pastry cream can be refrigerated up to 3 days.

VANILLA SLICE

Steps:

• Line a 23cm square slab pan with foil, bring foil up to overlap sides of pan.
• Place pastry sheets on lightly greased oven trays.
• Bake in a hot oven about 6 minutes, or until well browned.
• Cool.
• Gently flatten pastry with hand.
• Fit 1 pastry sheet in prepared pan.
• Combine sugar, cornflour and custard powder in pan.
• Gradually stir in milk. Stir until smooth.
• Add butter and stir over heat until mixture boils and thickens.
• Simmer, stirring, about 3 minutes or until very thick and smooth.
• Remove from heat and stir in yolks and essence.
• Pour hot custard over pastry in pan.
• Top with remaining sheet of pastry, flat side up.
• Press down slightly.
• Cool.
• Spread pastry with passionfruit icing.
• Cut when set.
• FOR THE ICING:.
• Sift icing sugar into small heat-proof bowl.
• Stir in butter, passionfruit juice and enough water to make a stiff paste.
• Stir icing over hot water until spreadable.
• Recipe can be made a day ahead.
• Store covered in refrigerator.
• Do not freeze or microwave.

VANILLA SLICE - QUICK AND EASY

Steps:

• 1. Line baking try with biscuits (1/2 the pack so you have equal number of biscuits for the top layer later).
• 2. put milk, sugar and butter in saucepan.
• 3. blend corn flour, custard powder with extra milk - add to saucepan and bring to the boil.
• 4. stir until smooth and thick.
• 5. remove from heat and beat in egg and vanilla.
• 6. spread custard over biscuits while hot.
• 7. place more biscuits on top of the custard to line up with the ones at the bottom of the tray.
• 8. refridgerate till set.
• 9. cut into squares and serve.