Milhojas con Arequipe Recipe (Colombian Dulce de Leche Pastry)

One of my favorite Colombian desserts is Milhojas, a pastry delight. It is a popular dessert in Latin America and there are many different variations. It is made with simple ingredients, but it is absolutely delicious. Milhojas translates to "thousand leaves cake". It is basically puff pastry layers filled with pastry cream and topped with

📝 Ingredients

• 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (thawed)
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• Pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 egg yolks (beaten)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 cup arequipe or dulce de leche

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat the oven to 400F.
2. 2Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
3. 3Cut pastry into 3 strips along fold marks. Place on a baking sheet and poke a few holes in the each pastry with a fork. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden. Remove from baking sheets and let them cool on a rack.
4. 4--- Make the Cream: ---
5. 5In a medium saucepan place the milk and bring to a simmer. Meanwhile, in a small bowl stir together the sugar, cornstarch and salt.
6. 6Gradually add the cornstarch mixture to the milk and cook stirring often about 6 minutes or until thickens. Whisk in the yolks and cook for about 2 minutes more stirring often.
7. 7Stir in the butter and vanilla extract and remove from the heat.
8. 8Let it cool at room temperature, cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
9. 9--- Assemble: ---
10. 10Using a fork, split each pastry into 2 layers. Spread pastry cream on 1 pastry layer. Repeat layers. Top with arequipe or dulce de leche.