Strawberry-Rhubarb Napoleons with Creme Fraiche Ice Cream

Name: Strawberry-Rhubarb Napoleons with Creme Fraiche Ice Cream
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp cornstarch; 473 milliliters creme fraiche; 2 Tbsps fresh lemon juice; 473 milliliters milk; 2 Tbsps fresh orange juice; 1 Tbsp grated orange zest; 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half a 17.3-ounce package), thawed; 454 grams rhubarb, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (about 3 cups); 2 pints strawberries, sliced, divided; 237 milliliters sugar; 315 milliliters sugar; 3 Tbsps sugar, divided

Strawberry-Rhubarb Napoleons with Creme Fraiche Ice Cream might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. Watching your figure? This vegetarian recipe has 1234 calories, 13g of protein, and 51g of fat per serving. Summer will be even more special with this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 25 minutes. Head to the store and pick up sugar, creme fraiche, lemon juice, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Oven

Unfold the pastry sheet on your work surface. If the pastry sticks a bit, dust with some flour.

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All Purpose Flour

Roll the dough out to about a 10-inch square.

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Dough

Roll

Cut the square into 4 (5-inch) squares, then cut these in half diagonally to make 8 triangles. Evenly sprinkle all the triangles with the 2 tablespoons sugar.

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Sugar

Put the triangles, sugar-side up, on the baking sheet. Pop in the oven and bake until nicely puffed and golden brown, about 25 minutes.

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Sugar

Pop

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Let cool. Slice in half horizontally (a serrated knife is best for this job).

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Serrated Knife

Put a halved triangle on your serving plate.

Spread some Strawberry-Rhubarb filling on top, stack another halved triangle and more filling on top of that and repeat to make 4 layers total.

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Strawberries

Rhubarb

Spread

Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve with more sauce on the side. Scoop some Creme Fraiche Ice Cream alongside.

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Powdered Sugar

Creme Fraiche

Ice Cream

Sauce

Serve the napoleons immediately.

Whisk the sugar and cornstarch in a small bowl, making sure there are no lumps.

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Corn Starch

Sugar

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the rhubarb, sugar-cornstarch mixture, orange zest and juice and half the strawberries to a saucepan. Give it a good stir.

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Strawberries

Orange Zest

Corn Starch

Rhubarb

Juice

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Let this mixture sit about 15 minutes off the heat so it macerates (gets nice and juicy). Then put the pan over medium-high heat and let cook until the rhubarb is tender but still holds its shape, giving it a stir now and then, about 7 minutes.

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Rhubarb

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Frying Pan