Ingredients
Rectangular puff pastry
2 rolls
Icing sugar
to taste
for the custard
Whole milk
1 l
Icing sugar
160 gr
00 flour
140 gr
Egg
4
Lemon
1
Vanilla extract
1 tablespoon
The dessert cake is a typical dessert of Tuscan home cooking, consisting of two layers of fragrant puff pastry and a rich custard filling. So good that it is an excellent reason to get up in the morning and run to breakfast to start the day on the right foot. Some say the name comes from its welcoming and “cozy” function, just like that of a soft mat at the foot of the bed.
Easy to prepare: to prepare it, all you have to do is roll out the first roll of dough with all the baking paper, prick the base with the tines of a fork, sprinkle the surface with a layer of granulated sugar and bake everything at 180 ° C for about 15 minutes: in this way, the sugar, which caramelizes at high temperatures, will give the bite a crunchy and crumbly base. At this point, fill the rectangle of dough with the homemade custard, cover the filling with the remaining dough, prick it and sprinkle it with more sugar, and put the dessert back in the hot oven for another half hour.
The result is a shortcrust pastry cake with different consistencies that, after a rest period at room temperature, can be cut into cubes and then enjoyed as a snack with a cup of espresso coffee or brought to the table at the end of the meal for a dinner with friends.
The cream squares are excellent both warm and cold from the fridge. They can be placed under the oven grill for a short time just before serving and then served to guests with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream: yes, indeed. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for a maximum of 2 days. If you want, you can enhance the filling with black cherries in syrup or dark chocolate chips, or replace the classic pastry with one with cocoa or rum.
Depending on your personal taste, you can make the cake higher or pack it in a plum cake mold.
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