Classic Queen Vanilla Slice Recipe | Queen Fine Foods (2024)

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Which bakery won the best vanilla slice? ›

This is the second year in a row that North End Bakehouse has taken home the gold for the country's best vanilla slice. And while the bakery missed out on a prize for its traditional hot cross buns last year after winning in 2021 and 2022, it returned to form with a vengeance this year.

If you're cutting smaller slices, the custard is more likely to be squashed out, so use a small serrated knife. Cut with a sawing motion with the knife pointing down, slicing through the pastry without pressing downwards on it. Even better if you have an electric knife!

Often also called Vanilla Slice in Australia, Custard square is two layers of puff pastry, surrounding a creamy, smooth custard. The whole thing is then topped off with a vanilla bean icing. It's a New Zealand Classic, and something I always used to get from the bakery growing up.

Custard slice or vanilla slice is best eaten the day it's made because the custard will soften the puff pastry quickly. However, you can keep vanilla slice for 3-4 days in an airtight container in the fridge.

A mille-feuille (French pronunciation: [mil fœj], "thousand-sheets"), also known by the names Napoleon in North America, vanilla slice in the United Kingdom, and custard slice, is a French dessert made of puff pastry layered with pastry cream.

Vanilla slice is an Australian pastry comprising a thick layer of vanilla custard sandwiched between puff pastry and topped with icing sugar or thinly iced.

Tip: If you're missing Lattice biscuits (like us), then turn. to SAO biscuits or Julie's Sugar Crackers. They're a. great alternative!

The key to cutting it without squishing the custard is to use a serrated knife (like a bread knife), first to gently cut back and forth through the icing and top layer of puff pastry, then switch to a sharp chef knife to cut through the custard and base pastry layer.

However, the Bavarian Slice is a little more indulgent, and dare I say posher, than the slightly plainer custard slice with its layer of jam sat snugly beneath a creamier filling. The icing is also usually finished with the classic feathering pattern too.

Mille-feuille (pronounced meel-foy) is a type of French pastry that is otherwise known as vanilla or custard slice. It is made from layers of thin puff pastry that is alternated with a cream filling and topped with a ganache.

What is the difference between a French vanilla slice and a vanilla slice? ›

A French Vanilla Slice topped with icing sugar and filled with delicious homemade custard infused with cream. A lighter alternative to the traditional Vanilla Slice.

Replacing the plain English name (vanilla slice, custard block) with an irreverent and outrageous moniker (“snot block” or “phlegm sandwich”) is standard practice in Australia, where informality and a lack of pretence are hallmarks of the vernacular.

Like many other food and ingredients, exposure to temperature extremes and light can cause the quality of your vanilla extract to decline. So a room temperature spot is the place to store it.

A.: All spices, even whole spices like vanilla beans, will go bad over time, and while they may not spoil, they will lose their flavor. Vanilla beans may spoil or get moldy if not stored in a cool, dry place. If stored properly, most whole spices will last as long as three or four years.

The honours for the Professional Vanilla Slice Category in the 2023 Great Australian Vanilla Slice Triumph went to Matt Aylett of North End Bakehouse (Shepparton). Second place was awarded to Sharp's Bakery (Birchip, VIC), who were also the 2022 winners, and third place was awarded to Banana Boogie Bakery (Belair, SA).

The North End Bakehouse was crowned the winner at the annual Great Australian Vanilla Slice Triumph in Merbein, a small country town just north of Mildura in the Sunraysia region of Australia.