For a fun surprise last week, I woke up super early and made my family this delicious breakfast treat! Inspired by my viewing of the chic and eccentric culinary scene portrayed in the hit Disney cartoon Ratatoille last week, I wanted to try making a light, airy breakfast item you could find at a Parisian cafe. On the left is a platter of puff pastries filled with vanilla custard and topped with berries and choclate drizzling, and on the right is a bowl off homemade milk chocolate mousse with dark chocolate ganche. Below is the recipe!
Cutsard Filled Pastry
Grab a pack of Pillsbury Puff Pastry, follow the specific intructions on the packaging, and bake until golden.
While the puff pastry is baking gather, 1.25 cups of whole milk, 3 egg yolks, 1/4 cup of sugar, 1/8 cup of flour, 2 tbsp & 2 tsp of corn starch, and 1 tsp of vanilla extract for the custard.
In a small sauce pan, warm your milk over low heat. In speperate bowl, whisk the sugar, yolks, corn starch, and flour until the mix is smooth. Whisk in half of the your steaming milk into the mixture, until smooth.
Add mixture back into saucepan with remainder of milk.Whisking constantly let cook for 1 to 2 minutes or until thick.
Place into bowl and add vanilla. Cover and let cool in fridge for 1 hour until ready to pipe.
Pipe generous amounts into puff pastries and serve with fruit garnishes.
Chocolate Mousse
In stand mixer with wisk attachment, add in 1 cup heavy cream, 2 tsp vanilla extract, and 4 Tbs sugar until fluffy and whipped. Set aside.
Melt down 2 ounces of dark chocolate.
Slowly fold in chocolate to whipped cream.
Place in bowl and freeze until hardened. Serve cold.
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