How to Make Bavarian Cream .... then use it for an amazing Mille - Feuille!
As you can see, my husband is my official taste tester these days!
He has a unique palette to say the least --- nothing Indian, nothing Asian, no Bell Peppers..... and the list goes on.
But, generally speaking when I ask him what he wants to eat he says " anything you make will be perfect".
I guess that's what you call trust .
Anyhow, I digress.
As promised, here is the recipe video for how to turn yesterdays creme anglaise pastry cream into Bavarian cream and then use it to make the most beautiful and delicious Mille-Feuille. Also known in our childhood as " Napoleon".
Monday, October 31, 2022
Reconnecting with Recipes: Creme Anglaise Pastry Creme
Let's get back into story telling shall we?
Life has been quite a rollercoaster ride since I last posted here:
My mom passed away
There was a proposal
A wedding was called off 3 weeks prior to the date because someone had the audacity to give ma n ultimatum ( in retrospect, I'm glad he did).
I went on a journey of independence and self discovery again - developing my legal career, enjoying my love of makeup, gardening, and raising a puppy all while living on my own.
Met my current husband when I was least expecting it.
Got married and moved to Texas
Went from a one dog family to a five dog family
Started a clothing line
Started a craft business ( wood working and clay)
Through it all, I realized every time someone asked my what a dream future looked like, my answer was the same, year after year.
I seem myself on acres of land, maybe a 100 acres. I see my dream kitchen. I see a gazebo in the middle of nature with an amazing view for meditation and morning coffee. I see a huge farm and garden, complete with horses, cows, goats, chickens etc. I see a greenhouse. Finally, I saw an adorable restaurant on the corner of my property where I open my own vegetarian farm to table restaurant. No recipes. Just love and good home cooking from the heart.
So, once I made the realization that this dream has been my constant throughout all the ups and downs, I came back to food. I'm back to the blog, I'm posting on YouTube and I'm pursuing this dream.
I hope you join me as I document this new journey.
Now, to the video of the day, Creme Anglaise.
As a child, I have so many memories of food. Specific items remind me of my mom and grandma. Lately, I find myself wanting to recreate these recipes as a way to reconnect with them, because I do miss them so much.
They are missing out on so much of my life and I am missing out on their presence.
One of the recipes mom used to make was a " Napoleon" made with a creme anglaise pastry cream.
Now, this is not her recipe, because I don't remember her recipe. But this rendition of it came out insanely delicious. Dangerously delicious.
I'll be back soon, to show you how I turn this pastry cream into Bavarian Cream and how I make my version of Napoleon.
The result: A low fat, healthy, non-guilt, breakfast muffin.
Ingredients:
3/4 cup oat flour
1 1/2 cup homemade flour consisting of oats, bran, flax and chia
2 tsp vanilla sugar
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 cup organic % vanilla yogurt ( I used stonyfield)
1/4 cup 0% vanilla greek yogurt
2 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 tbsp sour cream
fresh blueberries
More about the ingredients:
Oat flour - I make my oat flour from scratch when I need it because its ridiculously simple to do. All I do it put rolled oats in my magic blender and blend. Thats it.
My magic flour - Its my go to combination of "health". I go to the bulk bin of my local health supermarket, like Sprouts or Wholefoods and purchase the following: Rolled oats, Oat bran, Flax Seed, and Chia seeds. There is no real science to this because its just goodness- a plethora of Omega-3, protein, and fiber. I mix up these "good for you" ingredients and store them. Its a great addition to oatmeal, smoothies, and cookies. This time I decided to blend it up and turn it into a flour. Vanilla sugar & Baking Powder - I used the Dr. Oetker brand Blueberries - I may have used to many blueberries. But really, is there such a thing? Portion out blueberries to your preference...
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350F
Line muffin pan or spray with Pam or Olive oil
In a large bowl combine all the dry ingredients ( oat flour, magic flour, vanilla sugar, baking powder, baking soda, brown sugar, powdered sugar)
In another bowl combine the wet ingredients ( vanilla yogurt, greek yogurt, eggs, vanilla extract, sour cream)
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix until just incorporated
Fold in the blueberries
Bake for 20-25 minutes
One of the blueberries somehow made the mark of a cross! Pretty appropriate with Easter right around the corner ...
