Nested

[bunsen_h]

A weird dream this morning ended with my discovering that an unbroken puff pastry contained small custard-filled puff pastries, sort of like the miniature cream puffs that one can buy.

This leads me to wonder if it might actually be feasible?  Freeze the little custard-filled things solid, put them inside puff pastry dough, bake quickly?  As with Baked Alaska and deep-fried ice cream, rely on the freezing of the centre to keep it from change while the outside is cooked?

Comments

[metalana.livejournal.com]

What would be the layer between the inner and outer pastries? If the only difference were shape, it would be too subtle for most to notice.

Glad you had an dream with positive interesting elements.

[bunsen-h.livejournal.com]

The inner pastries were much smaller than the outer -- there were three or four of them, loose in the void in the outer one.

Dreams with positive interesting elements are something of a rarity these days, so I appreciate them when they do appear.

[metalana.livejournal.com]

Ah. So you would be hoping the outer pastry would puff up and leave a big void. What if the inner frozen pastry stuck to the outer dough, preventing it from puffing up? Maybe you could coat the inner pastries in butter...

I'm also thinking about chinese sesame balls, which tend to have a void.

[bunsen-h.livejournal.com]

Exactly. Yes, I think one would want to coat the inner pastries in something to prevent sticking -- butter would be a good thing to try.

[ambiviolent.livejournal.com]

Evil ChefCat is not sure it will work, but is intrigued. He is on board with butter to prevent sticking and the necessity of freezing the little inner dudes.