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Cheat's French fig and vanilla slice (that even Julia Child would approve)

Name: Cheat's French fig and vanilla slice recipe (that even Julia Child would approve)
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 8 sheets frozen butter puff pastry, thawed; 3 cups (750ml) thickened cream; 1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped; 175g pure icing sugar, plus extra to dust; 8 figs, chopped

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Fresh? Tick. Fast? Tick. French? Tick. Follow this fig and chantilly cream mille-feuille recipe for the ultimately after-dinner treat.

8 sheets frozen butter puff pastry, thawed
3 cups (750ml) thickened cream
1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
175g pure icing sugar, plus extra to dust
8 figs, chopped

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 160°C/140°C fan-forced and line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Using a 10cm biscuit cutter, cut three rounds from each pastry sheet and place on trays. Dust with 75g icing sugar and cover with baking paper. Place another baking tray on top of each tray. Bake for 15-18 minutes, until golden and crisp. Cool completely.
2.

Whisk the cream, vanilla seeds and remaining 100g icing sugar to stiff peaks. Transfer to a piping bag.
3.

Place a pastry circle onto serving plates, then arrange a few fig pieces on each. Pipe cream between figs and fill centre. Repeat layers, finishing with a pastry circle. Dust with icing sugar to serve