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Cream Ladies

Kitchen, Desserts

Kitchen, Desserts

Egg
Dairy products
Milk
Preparation Time:
60
Note:
The Señoritas are a delicious dessert made with puff pastry. This is one of the most difficult preparations in pastry making, which is why many recipes use pre-made dough. Señitas can be filled with pastry cream, buttercream, meringue, thick custard, whipped cream, and even jams. The most common topping is powdered sugar, although they can also be made with chocolate and glazes. Señitas are a dessert of Spanish origin. On the mainland, they are known as Milhojas de Crema. In this recipe, we approach the most classic version, which is the Señorita filled with cream and topped with powdered sugar.
Ingredients:
  • 520 grams of puff pastry dough
  • 2 cups of pastry cream (seeCiberCuba Kitchen recipeIt appears that your message does not contain any text to translate. Please provide the text that you would like translated to English.
  • powdered sugar
Instructions:

For this recipe, we will use pre-made puff pastry. If you wish to make your own dough, I recommend visiting María Lunarillos' blog. This cook presents a very detailed recipe with all the steps.

Select the puff pastry from your preferred brand at a market. It will be ready to bake, but first roll it out and cut it into rectangular portions of similar size, as shown in the photo.

Puff pastry cut and ready to bake / CiberCuba Cocina

Preheat the oven to 180ºC.

Place the puff pastry on parchment paper on the baking tray. Bake it for 15 to 20 minutes at 180ºC. Remember that the time may vary depending on the characteristics of your oven.

Freshly baked puff pastry / CiberCuba Kitchen

To know that it is ready, simply observe that it reaches a golden color and crispy texture. Remove them from the oven and let them cool. To create the different layers of the millefeuille, carefully cut the rectangles in half, making sure they don't break. Set them aside.

To prepare the pastry dough that you will need as a filling, we recommend that you check out our recipe on CiberCuba Cocina. You will need 2 cups of this delicious preparation.

Puff pastry cut and pastry cream / CiberCuba Cuisine

Place the first layer of puff pastry on a tray, sprinkle with powdered sugar, and then evenly add pastry cream. This step is important for the cream to adhere to the puff pastry.

Second layer of puff pastry / CiberCuba Kitchen

Place the second layer of puff pastry and repeat the process. Finish with a lid and dust generously with powdered sugar.

By the end, we will have three layers of puff pastry and two layers of cream. It is not recommended to make it with more than three layers because it becomes uncomfortable to bite into, but if you prefer, you can try it.

Puff pastry cutouts for finishing the ladies / CiberCuba Kitchen

On the top layer, you can sprinkle powdered sugar, although it is also common to use a glaze or melted chocolate. Trim the edges of the pastries with a bread knife for a more refined finish.

Cream Ladies / CiberCuba Kitchen

It's a simple recipe, whose greatest difficulty lies in making the pastry cream or preparing the puff pastry.

I hope you enjoy it. Bon appetit!!

Rations:
6
Egg
Dairy products
Milk