Millefeuille, or a thousand layers. (I think. I have the excuse of being on an aeroplane and not able to look things up on the internet. So I make them up instead.) But who wants to try and pronounce millefeuille correctly when you can just call it Raspberry Malfoy, as if you were teasing Draco at Hogwarts? I can't help but think that Jo Rowling missed a great opportunity there.
My favourite part of this recipe? It's almost impossible to mess up. (Until you get to the end, at least, where the slightest shaking hand can cause the ruin of all.) That, and the fact that it calls for orange liqueur, "e.g. Grand Marnier." Ha! I'm not made of gold, Gordon. You'll get triple sec and like it.
As if the orange liqueur wasn't enough, we need orange zest too - and there's nobody better with our weird zesting implement than Christina. Look at that harvest!
Step 1: Unfold pastry. Dust with sugar.
Step 2: Bake pastry. Seriously. We're just about done already.
While that cools let's make the whipped cream. (If you're wondering what the catch is here, there really isn't one. Bake pre-bought pastry and whip cream. That's it.)
A little sugar and some freshly scraped vanilla seeds add some depth of flavour...
...and the orange zest and triple sec add even more. Delicious.
And now the fun part. Or the stressful part, depending on if you have guests or not. Time to slice up the pastry and build your raspberry fort!
Some skilful piping bag action here, along with very careful rationing of the raspberries. Layer and repeat.
The final product: impressive artifice distracts you from the fact that ultimately there's nothing to it. It's all smoke and mirrors really, magic. Take that, Raspberry Malfoy!
My favourite part of this recipe? It's almost impossible to mess up. (Until you get to the end, at least, where the slightest shaking hand can cause the ruin of all.) That, and the fact that it calls for orange liqueur, "e.g. Grand Marnier." Ha! I'm not made of gold, Gordon. You'll get triple sec and like it.
As if the orange liqueur wasn't enough, we need orange zest too - and there's nobody better with our weird zesting implement than Christina. Look at that harvest!
Step 1: Unfold pastry. Dust with sugar.
Step 2: Bake pastry. Seriously. We're just about done already.
While that cools let's make the whipped cream. (If you're wondering what the catch is here, there really isn't one. Bake pre-bought pastry and whip cream. That's it.)
A little sugar and some freshly scraped vanilla seeds add some depth of flavour...
...and the orange zest and triple sec add even more. Delicious.
And now the fun part. Or the stressful part, depending on if you have guests or not. Time to slice up the pastry and build your raspberry fort!
Some skilful piping bag action here, along with very careful rationing of the raspberries. Layer and repeat.
The final product: impressive artifice distracts you from the fact that ultimately there's nothing to it. It's all smoke and mirrors really, magic. Take that, Raspberry Malfoy!
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