Elegant Chestnut Millefeuille: A Luxurious Layered Pastry Dessert

Ingredients (Serves 4)

• 12 discs of puff pastry (8 cm in diameter, baked for 10 minutes at 210°C)
• 20 cl milk
• 250 g chestnut cream
• A few mint leaves
• 2 vanilla cloves
• A few currant clusters
• 100 g coarsely grated dark chocolate
• 10 cl liquid whipped cream
• 1 tablespoon praline
• Gold leaf
• 8 candied chestnuts (including 4 chopped)
• 1 tablespoon maraschino

Preparation

• Preparation time: 30 minutes
• Cooking time: 10 minutes

Difficulty: Easy

1. Mix the chestnut cream with half the chopped candied chestnuts, maraschino, liquid whipped cream, and half the praline.
2. Sprinkle the baked puff pastry discs with icing sugar and neaten the edges with a hot skewer.
3. Combine the boiled milk with the vanilla seeds and melted chocolate.
4. Spread the chestnut cream mixture on each disc, then stack them in groups of three to form millefeuilles.
5. On a serving plate, pour a little chocolate mixture, sprinkle with praline chips, and place a millefeuille in the center. Garnish with a mint leaf, a whole candied chestnut, a currant cluster, and gold leaf.