Subject: Chocolate Mousse Napoleons with Strawberries and Cream
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2000 - 07:47:40 EST
Food for Thought:
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist
stays up to make sure
the old year leaves. (Bill Vaughan, Kansas City Star)
Recipe of the Day:
Looking for a way to make your holiday entertaining luxuriously
delicious without fuss? Let
Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry perform for you in this sumptuously simple
recipe!
Chocolate Mousse Napoleons with Strawberries and Cream
To see this recipe, visit:
http://www.campbellkitchen.com/getrecipe.cfm?RID=1531
Thaw Time 30 minutes
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
1/2 pkg. (17 1/4-oz. size) Pepperidge Farm Frozen Puff Pastry Sheets (1
sheet)
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces, melted and cooled
2 cups sweetened whipped cream or whipped topping
1 1/2 cups sliced strawberries
1 square (1 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate, melted (optional)
Confectioners' sugar
THAW pastry sheet at room temperature 30 min. Preheat oven to 400°F.
UNFOLD pastry on lightly floured surface. Cut into 3 strips along fold
marks. Cut each strip
into 6 rectangles. Place 1" apart on baking sheet.
BAKE 15 min. or until golden. Remove from baking sheet and cool on wire
rack.
BEAT cream and cinnamon with electric mixer at high speed until stiff
peaks form. Fold in melted
chocolate pieces. Split pastries into 2 layers, making 36.
SPREAD 12 pastry layers with chocolate cream and top with 12 pastry
layers. Top with whipped
cream, strawberries and remaining pastry layers. Serve immediately or
cover and refrigerate up
to 4 hr.
DRIZZLE with melted chocolate and sprinkle with confectioners? sugar
just before serving. Makes
12 napoleons.
Shopping List:
Pepperidge Farm Frozen Puff Pastry Sheets
Heavy cream
Sweetened whipped cream or whipped topping
Semi-sweet chocolate pieces
Semi-sweet chocolate square
Strawberries
Confectioners' sugar
Ground cinnamon
Timesaver Tip:
Check out the produce department or salad/fruit bar in your supermarket
for sliced strawberries.
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