Recipes · French · Bakery

Mille-Feuille

One serving has 557 kcal and 10 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of selenium (53%), choline (42%), riboflavin (38%), cobalamin (31%), thiamin (28%) and phosphorus (26%). Ready in 48 minutes.

Mille-Feuille
Photo: Zantastik, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
  • Preparation: 30 min
  • Cooking: 18 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (189 g)
  • Difficulty: Hard
  • Diets: Vegetarian
  • Contains: alcohol, dairy, egg, gluten

Ingredients

  • 60 g Puff pastry
  • 80 g Milk, whole
  • 20 g Egg yolks, raw
  • 15 g Sugar
  • 6 g Cornstarch
  • 0.3 g Vanilla extract
  • 8 g Sugar, powdered

Method

  1. Bake the puff pastry in thin sheets between trays, to keep it flat, at 200°C (400°F) for 15-20 minutes until crisp and golden all the way through; cool and cut into rectangles.
  2. Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar and cornstarch, whisk in the hot milk and vanilla, then cook over low heat, stirring, until thickened into a custard; chill until firm.
  3. Spread or pipe the chilled pastry cream between three layers of the baked pastry, stacking them neatly.
  4. Dust the top generously with the powdered sugar, or mix a little with water for a thin icing.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy557 kcal26%
Carbohydrates60.1 g
Water86.7 mL
Fiber0.95 g3%
Protein10.1 g21%
Tryptophan0.12 g
Threonine0.36 g
Isoleucine0.47 g
Leucine0.83 g
Lysine0.54 g
Methionine0.22 g
Cystine0.17 g
Phenylalanine0.48 g
Tyrosine0.38 g
Valine0.54 g
Histidine0.25 g
Fat30.8 g
Monounsaturated16 g
Polyunsaturated3.9 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0.02 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-63.6 g
Saturated9.2 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol225 mg
Calcium123 mg12%
Copper0.11 mg12%
Iron2.1 mg12%
Magnesium18.8 mg6%
Manganese0.31 mg17%
Phosphorus182 mg26%
Potassium165 mg4%
Selenium29 µg53%
Sodium194 mg
Zinc1.1 mg14%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.31 mg28%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.42 mg38%
Niacin (vitamin B3)2.6 mg18%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.9 mg18%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)0.11 mg8%
Folate (vitamin B9)80 µg20%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.75 µg31%
Choline179 mg42%
Vitamin A113 µg16%
Vitamin C0 mg0%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)84.4 IU14%
Vitamin E0.9 mg6%
Vitamin K10 µg11%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.4 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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