The Napoleon dessert is a recipe originally from France similar to a marquise, since it is made with layers of cookies and 3 milk cream. Thanks to its arrival in Colombia, this dessert has mutated over the years and has been able to adapt to be made with more accessible and easy-to-combine ingredients, since the original Napoleon dessert recipe was made with layers of puff pastry and pastry cream.
Like any other recipe, you can change this dessert with Ducales biscuits at will. As long as you follow the basic recipe, you can add nuts as a topping or grated chocolate. Others add a touch of vanilla essence to the cream or use other types of cookies that go well with milk. If you want to try and experience it at home, keep reading and discover how to make Napoleon dessert step by step in this article.
Ingredients to make Napoleon Dessert:
- 1 liter of milk
- 397 grams of condensed milk
- 400 milliliters of milk cream (cream)
- 6 tablespoons cornstarch
- 480 grams of Ducal type biscuits
How to make Dessert Napoleon:
- Set aside a cup of milk and pour the rest into a saucepan over medium heat along with the condensed milk and the heavy cream. Stir everything very well with some rods.
- Tip: You can also blend everything and pour it into the pot.
- Dissolve the cornstarch in the reserved cup of milk.
- When the milk begins to boil, gradually add the dissolved cornstarch while stirring constantly. Wait for it to thicken and bubble before turning off the flame.
- So that the cookies are very soft, you can soak the cookies on both sides in milk before placing them in the mold.
- Tip: In addition to making this Napoleon dessert with Ducales, you can also make them with Maria cookies.
- To assemble this easy Napoleon dessert, start by placing a layer of creamin the mold and a layer of cookies on top. Continue with another cream and another biscuit until you finish with all the ingredients.
- The last layer of our Napoleon dessert should be cream and, if you have cookies left, you can crush them to decorate the surface.
- Refrigerate for at least 5 hoursbefore consuming so that it is very compact and cold. You can also include lemon zest to decorate.
- Tip: If you want to make this Napoleon dessert recipe for 140 people or more, make a rule of 3 to calculate the amount of ingredients you need.
