Absurd how an easy a thing as
this can look and taste as good as it does. Just a bit of preplanning, to put the
frozen puff pastry in the fridge for the night and you are home free.
PUFF PASTRY CREAM SLICE
1 ready rolled out puff pastry sheet or a block of puff pastry
1 1/4 cups whipping cream
2+2 Tbsp icing sugar
1/2 cup good quality dark chocolate [not chocolate chips]
Thaw the frozen puff pastry in the fridge overnight.The following day preheat the
oven to 400F.Take out the ready rolled puff
pastry sheet. If using block pastry roll it on lightly floured surface to 1/4
inch thick.Lift the pastry onto a parchment
lined baking sheet.Poke it with a fork at intervals.Bake in the preheated oven until
puffed up and golden brown,With a long sharp knife split the
pastry in two horizontally.Find the weakest spot and
carefully insert the knife and cut along the perimeter of the pastry rectangle
until you separated the upper layer from the bottom layer. Beat the cream with 2Tbsp of the icing
sugar until stiff peaks form.Spread the bottom layer with the sweetened whipped cream.Grate half of the chocolate over the top of the cream layer. Carefully put the second pastry
on the top.Lightly sprinkle with 2 Tbsp icing sugar.Melt the rest of the chocolate
and with a spoon drizzle over the top pastry.As soon as the chocolate is set,
it is ready to eat.With a serrated knife cut the
pastry at the table into serving size pieces.
Absurd how an easy a thing as
this can look and taste as good as it does. Just a bit of preplanning, to put the
frozen puff pastry in the fridge for the night and you are home free. 
