Shortcut Lemon-Raspberry Mille-Feuille
This classic French dessert combines crispy, buttery pastry with rich pastry cream. Mille-feuille, which translates as “thousand sheets” in French, designates the three layers of flaky puff pastry that are the hallmark of a mille-feuille. They’re layered with a pastry cream lightened with whipped cream for textural contrast and irresistible flavor. These delicate pastries traditionally take hours to make, so we came up with a version that produces the same showstopping dessert in about half the time. Plus, we jazzed up the flavor profile by bringing in the popular lemon-raspberry duo to boot.