Who Doesn't Love Strawberry Napoleon's?

What exactly are Strawberry Napoleon's? Well they're actually quite simple. Just yummy custard and strawberries sandwiched between flaky delicious puff pastry. Check out the the picture and i'll explain the rest.

So basically, the croissant type looking pastry is simply frozen puff pastry that I bought from the supermarket. I found the recipe on the box and it sounded really easy to make so I decided why not? 

To make the puff pastry:

You start out be preheating your oven to 400 degrees and greasing a baking sheet. Oh, and if your puff pastry is frozen then you have to wait about 30-40 minutes for it to defrost so its easier to unfold and work with. After unfrozen, the pastry is already divided in the three and you unfold and cut along the lines and lay them out on the baking sheet. After preheating the oven, lay the pastry sheets out and just leave them to bake in the oven for around 15 minutes till golden brown. Meanwhile lets get started on our custard filling. 

To make the custard: 

You can make your own vanilla pudding, but I decided to be lazy and just buy the instant vanilla pudding packs that take 5 minutes to make from the market. Just pour the powder from the pudding into a mixing bowl and whisk in 1 cup of milk. Its going to get really thick so just be aware. Then in a separate bowl whip a   cup of heavy whipping cream until it is whipped cream. After making the whipped cream, fold it in with the pudding mixture and make sure its well incorporated.  Refrigerate until needed. 

To bring it all together: 

After baking the puff pastry take it out and leave it to cool. You may use frozen or fresh strawberries to cut up into small slices. I used almost a whole bag of frozen strawberries so you'll need a couple handfuls of strawberries. You also need to create the glaze for the top of the puff pastry. That is simply half a cup of powdered sugar and 1-2 tbsp of milk and just mix them together. Once the puff pastry has cooled, I cut mine in half hamburger style then cut again through the puff pastry like you're cutting a hot dog bun in half...i'm not really sure if thats clear or not,  but it should make sense once  you do it. You should have 4 pieces total from 1 of the 3 original straight out of the oven pieces. Then you want to paint the top of the cut pastries with the powdered sugar mixture. 

To stack:

Start with the bottom piece and spread some of the custard until it coats the pastry evenly. Then go ahead and place sliced strawberries on the custard in an even layer. Top with the top of the pastry. Repeat this process with the other pieces. Drizzle with melted chocolate. :) I...kind of failed with the melting process of my chocolate so I just ended up using chocolate syrup and drizzling that, and it worked fine. 

Enjoy! it is soo yummy! oh and keep refrigerated!