Passionfruit Vanilla Slice

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 sheets prepared puff pastry
• 1/4 cup custard powder
• 1/4 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup cream
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1/4 cup passion fruit pulp
• 25 g unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 210°c.
• 2 line 2 oven trays with baking paper and place one pastry sheet on each tray.
• 3 prick the pastry all over with a fork and bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
• 4 cool.
• 5 make the custard by mixing the custard powder, sugar and cream in a heavy saucepan.
• 6 gradually add the milk, stirring all the time on a medium heat until the custard boils and thickens.
• 7 remove from the heat and stir in the essence.
• 8 put a bit of baking paper or cling wrap on the surface so it doesn't get a skin and cool completely.
• 9 make the icing by combining the passionfruit, butter and icing sugar in a heatproof bowl.
• 10 stand over a pan of simmering water and stir until the icing is smooth and remove it from the heat.
• 11 place one sheet of pastry into a baking tin of the same size.
• 12 you can cut the pastry to fit if needed.
• 13 spread evenly with the custard.
• 14 turn the other pastry sheet upside down and place on top of custard.
• 15 spread the icing evenly over the top.
• 16 refrigerate for several hours.
• 17 the pastry will soften slightly and the custard should be firm.
• 18 cut into squares to serve using a serrated knife.