Our version of Matcha Mille-feuille uses a Matcha cream cheese filling and pre-made puff pastry to help save time and preparation but does not skip on flavour!
The filling is made using a cream cheese base and freshly whipped cream which provides a light & fluffy texture. We have used frozen puff pastry to help save time but you can also make your own puff pastry.
Ingredients: makes 2 (each Mille-feuille has 3 layers of puff pastry)
- 1 sheet of frozen puff pastry
- 150mL whipping cream
- 125 grams cream cheese, softened
- 2 teaspoons of Ceremonial Matcha
- 3 Tablespoons icing sugar + more to dust
How to:
- Allow your puff pastry to defrost and cut each sheet into 8 rectangles. See below.
In Australia, frozen puff pastry comes in squares. Cut each square vertically into 4 strips and horizontally in half. This will create 8 rectangles. We will only be using 6 of these rectangles. - Place each rectangle onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Place another sheet of baking paper over it and lay another baking tray over this. This will prevent the puff pastry from rising too much.
- Bake for 20 minutes at 180 degree celsius. Remove the tray and baking paper on top and bake for another 5 minutes uncovered. Allow this to completely cool which will take about an hour.
- While the pastry is cooling, we will move on to the Matcha filling. Add Matcha, Icing sugar, whipping cream and softened cream cheese in a mixing bowl. Make sure the cream cheese is very soft. You may need to take the cream cheese out of the fridge for several hours before starting this.
- Mix everything using an electric beater for roughly 5 minutes. The Matcha should now be well incorporated and the mixture should be light and fluffy.
- Place the Matcha cream filling in the fridge and allow it to cool again for 10 minutes. This allows the cream to firm up again.
- Assemble the pastry. Have your puff pastry rectangles ready and Matcha cream ready. Optional: You can add the Matcha cream to a piping bag to layer.
- Place one rectangular puff pastry down, pipe on a thick layer of Matcha cream or dollop on.
- Add the middle layer of the puff pastry and repeat the previous step.
- Decorate the top of the pastry with more Matcha cream, dust with icing sugar and add some fresh berries for some extra colour!
- Enjoy with a cup of Matcha :)