Although its French in origin, Australians have made this slice their own with the addition of passionfruit.
The ingredient of Super Sized Vanilla Slice
- 3 sheets frozen puff pastry partially thawed
- 2 1 2 cups caster sugar
- 1 2 3 cups cornflour
- 1 1 2 cups vanilla custard powder
- 2 litres milk
- 125g butter chopped
- 4 egg yolks lightly beaten
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
- 2 3 4 cups pure icing sugar sifted
- 2 passionfruit
- 20g butter melted
The Instruction of super sized vanilla slice
- preheat oven to 200c 180c fan forced line 3 large baking trays with baking paper place 1 pastry sheet on each tray bake 1 tray at a time for 8 to 10 minutes or until golden puffed and cooked through cool slightly then gently flatten pastry using your hands trim each sheet to a 21 5cm square cool completely
- meanwhile grease two 6cm deep 22cm square cake pans line base and sides with baking paper extending paper 2cm above edges of pans
- place half the sugar cornflour and custard powder in a large heavy based saucepan over medium heat gradually add half the milk stirring constantly until smooth and combined add half the butter cook stirring constantly for 10 to 15 minutes or until mixture simmers and thickens remove from heat stir in half the yolks and half the vanilla place 1 sheet of pastry in base of 1 prepared pan spoon hot custard over pastry top with a second pastry sheet
- place remaining sugar cornflour and custard powder in a large heavy based saucepan over medium heat gradually add remaining milk stirring constantly until smooth and combined add remaining butter cook stirring constantly for 10 to 15 minutes or until mixture simmers and thickens remove from heat stir in remaining yolks and remaining vanilla place remaining sheet of pastry in the base of remaining prepared pan spoon hot custard over pastry in pan
- set pans aside for 30 minutes to cool refrigerate for 4 hours or until cold and firm
- make passionfruit icing place icing sugar passionfruit and butter in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water stir over heat until smooth and combined remove from heat carefully turn pastry topped vanilla slice onto a serving plate carefully turn remaining slice on top pastry side up spread with icing refrigerate for 1 hour or until set serve
Nutritions of Super Sized Vanilla Slice
calories: 567 147 caloriescalories: 18 2 grams fat
calories: 10 7 grams saturated fat
calories: 95 grams carbohydrates
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calories: 6 7 grams protein
calories: 82 milligrams cholesterol
calories: 231 milligrams sodium
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