Krempita (Custard Slice)
The custard slice of Serbian and Bulgarian pastry shops — a tall layer of light vanilla cream set between two sheets of crisp puff pastry and dusted with icing sugar. Folding meringue into the custard while it is boiling hot gives the airy, trembling cream.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 500 g puff pastry
- 1 l milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 6 egg yolks
- 150 g sugar, for the custard
- 80 g cornflour
- 6 egg whites
- 150 g sugar, for the meringue
- 3 tbsp icing sugar, for dusting
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 2882 kcal · P 88.1g · C 495.2g · F 63.2g
Estimated from 9 of 9 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Heat the oven to 200°C. Roll the puff pastry into two sheets the size of a 22 x 30 cm dish, set them on lined trays and prick them all over with a fork.
- 2Bake for 15–18 minutes, until golden and crisp, pressing them flat with a second tray for the first 10 minutes so they rise evenly. Leave to cool.
- 3Line the dish with baking paper, leaving it overhanging, and lay one pastry sheet in the base.
- 4Heat 800 ml of the milk with the vanilla until steaming. Whisk the yolks, the sugar for the custard and the cornflour with the remaining 200 ml of cold milk until smooth.
- 5Whisk a ladle of the hot milk into the yolks, pour it all back into the pan and cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until very thick and bubbling, then 2 minutes more.
- 6Meanwhile whisk the whites to soft peaks, add the sugar for the meringue gradually and whisk until stiff and glossy.
- 7Take the custard off the heat and immediately fold in the meringue in three additions with large strokes until no streaks remain — the heat of the custard sets the whites.
- 8Spread the cream at once over the pastry base, smooth it and lay the second sheet on top, pressing lightly.
- 9Chill for at least 4 hours, until set. Dust thickly with icing sugar, lift out by the paper and cut with a serrated knife.
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Questions and answers
How long does Krempita (Custard Slice) take to make?
About 75 minutes: 40 min prep and 35 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Krempita (Custard Slice)?
8 ingredients: puff pastry, milk, vanilla extract, egg yolks, sugar, cornflour, egg whites, icing sugar.
How many servings does this Krempita (Custard Slice) recipe make?
12 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Krempita (Custard Slice)?
About 240 kcal, with 7.3 g protein, 41.3 g carbohydrate and 5.3 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Krempita (Custard Slice) recipe suit?
It is vegetarian.
What cuisine is Krempita (Custard Slice)?
Krempita (Custard Slice) comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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