Quick "Napoleon" from puff pastry

For many residents of the former Soviet Union, Napoleon cake has long been a New Year's cake. Each family has its own special recipe for this treat. Delicate, made of puff pastry, with aromatic vanilla cream, strewn with sand crumbs, this cake will certainly become the decoration of the festive table. According to the recipes of the best chefs in the world, this puff cake is amazing, but often we don’t want to bother with making the dough. Every housewife hopes to find the very quick and easy recipe for “Napoleon” that everyone at home will like. This article contains the most successful recipes for puff dessert.

How is Napoleon Bonaparte involved in this delicacy?

There are many myths according to which the puff pastry was invented by the great commander, but none of them received confirmation, just like the version that the dessert was invented in a town in the bay of the Gulf of Naples.

Modern historians believe that the famous cake first appeared on the territory of the Russian Empire, and this is due to the expulsion and destruction of the Napoleonic army. According to rough estimates, the dessert appeared on the hundredth anniversary of the victory over France.

"Lazy" option in the pan

What to do if there is no oven, and I really want home baking? The quick Napoleon cake, the cakes for which are prepared in a pan, will not leave anyone indifferent. Cooking does not take much time, and the result is a magnificent delicate dessert. To bake Napoleon, you will need:

• 1 cup of milk;
• 1 pack of butter or margarine;
• 1 cup of sugar;
• 2 large eggs;
• 20 g of sunflower oil;
• half a small spoonful of soda (pay off with lemon juice);
• a pinch of salt;
• 2 kg of wheat flour.

Ingredients for Cream:

• 400 ml of milk;
• 3 eggs;
• 160 g of sugar;
• 3 packs of butter;
• 1 can of condensed milk;
• vanilla.

Cooking method:

1. In a deep bowl with milk, break two eggs, put out the soda with lemon juice. Stir thoroughly with a whisk.
2. Remove milk in the cold for half an hour.
3. Grind the sifted flour into crumbs with butter, cut into small cubes. It is important to do everything quickly so that the oil does not melt.
4. Make a depression in the flour. Remove the chilled milk and egg mass, add it to the butter flour.
5. It should be soft dough.
6. Divide it into many parts (minimum 22-24). Roll each piece into a layer.
7. Cook in a pan, frying the cakes until golden brown.
8. Then you need to trim them using a plate or pan lid.

How to make a cream:

1. Boil the milk.
2. Pour sugar into the eggs.
3. Slowly pour the egg mixture into the hot milk.
4. Cool the mass.
5. When the mass has cooled, put oil in it, beat with a mixer at high speed, at the end add condensed milk and vanilla.

Grease the cakes with the resulting cream. Grind the cake slices and make a powder for cake. The quick Napoleon is ready. It is necessary to let it stand in the cold for 8 hours, then it will become even tastier.

What to do when guests are about to come, and there is nothing to tea? You can make a quick and easy Napoleon cake from puff pastry. This is the best option for the lazy, because he does not need baking. This is a quick and easy way to please friends and family.

Puff pastry without baking

To prepare a quick Napoleon, you will need the following components:

• about 550 g puff pastry;
• 2 cups of milk;
• 2 large eggs;
• 2 tablespoons of flour;
• 6 tablespoons of sugar;
• 40 g butter.

First you need to cook the cream:

1. Combine milk, vanilla and sugar, stirring continuously, warm.
2. Separately mix the eggs with flour, beat thoroughly so that lumps do not form.
3. Carefully introduce half the hot milk into the eggs, not forgetting to mix.
4. Then put the entire contents of the bowl into the pan and simmer over low heat until thickened.
5. When the cream thickens, remove from the stove, put butter in it. Mix the mass thoroughly.
6. Pour the cream into a clean, dry dish, hide under the lid. Cool. On a dish on which the cake will “sit”, apply a layer of cooked cream. Spread cookies evenly. On top is again a layer of cream, and so on. Coat the cake on all sides with cream. Sprinkle the treat with leftover cookies.

Such a simple and quick recipe for the Napoleon cake will surely appeal to every housewife. If desired, the cake can be decorated with peanuts, nuts or pieces of fruit.

So from a simple cookie you can create a whole masterpiece. So ready is a quick Napoleon. The recipe is extremely simple, but the cake is amazingly delicious. In addition, a beautifully decorated dessert will be a great birthday present. The birthday boy will be delighted!

Quick "Napoleon" from the finished dough

The cake according to this recipe is prepared much faster than the classic one, because yeast-free puff pastry is sold in every supermarket, which means that you do not need to spend precious time kneading. All you need is to get it out of the package and roll it out using a rolling pin. If you want to whip up a delicious dessert for tea drinking, a quick choice is the quick Napoleon from puff pastry.

To prepare the cakes, you need 2-3 packs of yeast-free puff pastry.

For cream:

• 70 g of flour;
• 3 cups of milk;
• 200 g of sugar;
• 2 packs of butter;
• 3 eggs;
• vanilla.

How to cook:

1. Before you start baking cakes, the dough must be thawed.
2. You can give it both a rectangular and a round shape. With the help of a plate, cut circles, then trim can be used for dusting.
3. Sprinkle the baking sheet on which the cakes are baked, lightly sprinkle with flour. Paste the dough with a fork so that it bakes well.
4. Bake cakes at a temperature of 220 ° C until golden brown.

Cream preparation:

1. Pour sugar into the stewpan with milk, stirring constantly, put on medium heat.
2. Beat eggs with flour using a mixer in a separate bowl. Add a little milk to make the mixture homogeneous.
3. Pour the resulting egg mass into a stewpan, continuously stirring, bring to a boil.
4. When the cream begins to boil, you can remove from the heat. Allow to cool.
5. Beat soft butter with vanilla. Introduce the cooled cream, continue to whisk.
6. You get enough thick filler for the cake. The scraps also need to be baked, then chopped into crumbs. To form a cake from cakes, coat each layer with custard.

That's how easy it is to prepare a quick Napoleon from a purchased yeast-free dough. Every housewife will like a quick recipe, and the cake will be eaten in an instant.

"Napoleon" based on Armenian lavash

Not every housewife will guess to use pita bread to prepare “Napoleon”, and yet such a cake turns out no worse than other quick sweets. All you need is to boil the cream. It is prepared according to the classic recipe. Custard Ingredients:

• egg - 1 pc;
• 80 g of sugar;
• vanilla;
• 1 cup of milk;
• 20 g of flour;
• 1 small spoon of lemon zest.

How to cook:

1. Beat the egg well with a whisk.
2. Mix all components and put to heat. Stir constantly.
3. When the mixture boils, turn off the stove.
4. In a hot cream add a quarter of the package of butter, whisk at high speed.

Lightly grease the sheets of lavash with cream, stack them on top of each other. Sprinkle the finished cake with nuts and grated chocolate - it all depends on preferences. Quick “Napoleon” from pita to remove in the cold for at least three hours, so that it is saturated.

Some secrets of the classic version

To make the cake perfect, you should adhere to some rules:

• Use only the best flour. It is advisable to sift it so that the dough comes out magnificent.
• The fatness of the dough depends on the fat content of the oil.
• Do not use frozen oil, this will lead to the fact that during the rolling process the dough will break.
• Puff pastry loves coolness, therefore all “operations” with oil should be carried out quickly, otherwise it will “float”.
• The fluid must also be chilled. In addition, it is important to roll out the dough correctly.
• Formations should be rolled out in one direction, periodically turning clockwise.
• Cakes for "Napoleon" should be thin, 2-3 mm.

How to make cakes smooth

To ensure that all cakes are the same in size, it is necessary to use markup during the rolling of the dough. For this purpose, a pan lid and a silicone mat are suitable. Cakes will not swell during baking if pricked with a fork or knife.

Juicy or crunchy?

Depending on preference, the dryness of the cakes can be adjusted. Fans of juicy "Napoleon" need to soak cakes with cream of sour cream or traditional custard. For a crispy cake, butter cream is the best option.

Cream for "Napoleon" honey and yogurt

Those who are bored with the classic can try a special recipe for a cream based on yogurt. It will turn out to be more liquid than the classic, as a result of which the cakes are better saturated. To prepare the cream, you will need:

• 1 cup of milk;
• 1 cup of yogurt;
• 1 yolk;
• 1 tablespoon of honey;
• fillers - any fruit.

How to cook:

1. To add yogurt and milk to chicken yolk and honey, beat all this well with a mixer.
2. Put to heat.
3. Continuously stirring, achieve a thick cream consistency, turn off the stove, let the mixture cool. To give the cream a mild flavor, add butter.

Conclusion

Each country has its own special "Napoleon", but perhaps this cake is most popular in the post-Soviet space. For quite some time, “Napoleon” was a puff cake in the shape of a cocked hat of the famous French ruler. It is noteworthy that the French have a similar dessert. It is called Millefeuille. This is a multilayer round cake with cream, decorated with berries. In Italy there is a salty "Napoleon" stuffed with cheese and herbs. There are a great many recipes for this legendary treat. But each of us has “the same Napoleon”, with which pleasant memories are connected and at the sight of which a sense of celebration appears.