Cost Breakdown

Critical Success Points

• • Keep the puff pastry well chilled before baking.
• • Properly temper the milk‑egg mixture to avoid curdling.
• • Cook the pastry cream until the first bubble then 30 seconds more.
• • Bake the bases with a rack for even puffing.
• • Marble the glaze before it hardens.

Safety Warnings

• • Boiling milk and hot cream can cause burns – handle with care.
• • The oven reaches 180 °C – use kitchen gloves.
• • The knife used for marbling must be handled carefully.