Lemon Napoleon Danish

3-4 persons
Difficulty

Ingredients

DANISH DOUGH
500g Vivo Sheet Margarine
808g Medium Flour
70g Sugar
16g Salt
15g Instant Yeast
10g Bread Improver
20g Vanilla Essence
690g Ice Water
30g Vivo Block Margarine
300g Concentrated Milk
100g Fresh Egg
LEMON CUSTARD FILLING
500g Cream Filling Custard
50g Lemon Juice
MERINGUE
140g Egg White
3g Cream Of Tartar
1g Salt
200g Sugar
8g Vanilla Extract

Instructions

DANISH DOUGH
  • Mix all the ingredients, except the margarine, until the dough reaches 80% completion. Rest the dough in the freezer overnight.
  • Fold the dough with margarine (perform 3 single folds). Rest the dough for at least 2 hours before cutting and shaping.
  • Use a pie cutter to cut the dough into Height x 12cm and Length x 6cm pieces.
  • Place the dough for final proofing at 30°C for approximately 180 minutes.
  • After proofing, perform an egg wash on the surface of the dough. Bake at 210°C/190°C for 12-15 minutes.
LEMON CUSTARD FILLING

Mix all the ingredients together until well combined.

MERINGUE

Place all the ingredients into a mixing bowl and whip using a whisk until stiff peaks form.

ASSEMBLE
  • Allow the bread to cool down and cut 1 piece of bread into 3 slices.
  • Pipe the lemon custard filling onto each slice and stack them together.
  • Pipe the meringue on top. Use a blowtorch to lightly brown the meringue until light brown.
  • Garnish with lemon zest on top and serve.

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