aussie vanilla slice | vanilla slice recipe | Aussie girl can cook

cant beat a vanilla slice made with real homemade custard. makes 6 huge slices. recipe written below.

pre heat oven 180 degrees c
2 baking trays and 2 sheets baking paper

2 sheets frozen puff pastry thawed
bake each sheet for 20 to 25 mins depending on your oven

square cake tin lined with baking paper
cut first cooked sheet to size and put in tin
cut second sheet to slice sizes which is optional and set aside

in a mug
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup corn flour
mix well set aside

we need 6 egg yolks whisked and set aside

in a med saucepan
60g butter chopped
1 and 1/2 cups milk
1 and 1/2 cups cream
4 tea sp vanilla extract
2/3 cup caster sugar

put on stove top on med heat bring to boil as soon as it starts boiling
take off
add the corn flour mix and egg yolks mix well
return to heat bring to boil always mixing.
mix well for 1 minute til thickened
pour over pastry
layer 2nd sheet pastry on top
stand 20 mins
then fridge for 4 hours uncovered

heat proof bowl
2 and 1/2 cups icing sugar
1 tea sp vanilla extract
2 table spoons soft butter or marg
2 table sp milk
mix well

sit over saucepan kettle water til runny
spread thin layer over top

sprinkle with dessicated coconut
fridge 1 hour uncovered
slice and eat
store in airtight container in fridge for couple days