Berrylicious!

After seeing a lady on a cooking show do this, then finding it in a cookbook, I thought I'd give it a try. Berry Napoleons. Sounds elegant, fancy, and difficult, doesn't it? Not in the least! Here's how you do it:
-take wonton wrappers (we used round ones-found in the natural foods refrigerated section) and place them on a baking sheet sprayed w/ cooking spray; spray the tops of the wrappers and sprinkle with sugar; bake in at 400 for 5 min.
-on the plate, layer a wonton, dollop of pastry cream, and a few berries; repeat and top w/ a wonton; sprinkle w/ powdered sugar
(I got an easy pastry cream recipe off the internet, but you could easily use whipped cream or non-dairy whipped topping.)

So pretty and SOOO delicious!

Comments

Robert Covington said…
As one of those allowed to partake of this dessert, I can honestly say that the picture does not do it justice! It was absolutely wonderful, and my second helping even better.
March 17, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Melissa Lester said…
Yum! I am definitely trying this!
March 17, 2008 at 11:40 AM
60 toes said…
Yum, that looks delicious!!!!!
March 17, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Wendy said…
That looks wonderful!
March 17, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Jennifer@DoingTheNextThing said…
I forgot to mention in the post, but my first pastry cream was a disaster! I cooked it too long and the eggs broke down and separated. What I served was "take 2" using a slightly different recipe.
March 17, 2008 at 12:04 PM
jennifer h said…
Looks impressive. That's just what you want--great looking food that is easy to make.
March 17, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Ve said…
Ever consider moonlighting as a food stylist?
March 17, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Cathy said…
Looks good enough for Southern Living! Definitely trying it. what is pastry cream and how do you make it?
March 18, 2008 at 4:07 PM
Andrea said…
That close up photo is just wrong! I usually drool at this stuff from a distance but the detail here is enough to send me running to the store! Now I want some berries!
Andrea
March 18, 2008 at 7:15 PM
Jennifer@DoingTheNextThing said…
Pastry cream is like a custard. It's an all-purpose cream that can be used for tarts, filling doughnuts, etc. (Not that I've ever done any of that, LOL!) The first recipe I tried was from Somersize Desserts, but that's the one that "broke down" when I cooked it to long. The other I got off allrecipes just doing a search for pastry cream. It was actually really easy!
March 19, 2008 at 10:19 AM
Kate said…
Did you make these at 2am?! YUMMM!
March 22, 2008 at 10:24 PM
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