French Market Recipe 2026 26 Mille Feuile au Comte by Matt Landmark Comte custard slice

French Market Recipe 2026 26

Mille Feuile au Comte by Matt Landmark

Comte custard slice

Ingredients for 6/8 slices

• 2 sheets puff pastry
• 500gr butter
• 4 large brown onions
• 1 tablespoon Edmond Fallot Sherry vinegar
• ½ teaspoon dark soy sauce
• 5g salt
• 60g cornstarch
• 8 egg yolks
• 240ml full fat milk
• 400ml thick cream
• 150gr Comte
• Black Pepper to Taste

Directions

1. Line a rectangular, high sided cake baking tin with baking paper
2. Finely grate the Comte
3. Peel and finely slice the onions
4. Place 2 sheets of uncooked puff pastry on a baking tray and cook until dark gold
5. Melt butter in a saucepan over a medium heat
6. Add onions and stir, reduce temp to low and cover pot
7. Stir every couple of minutes and continue to cook for up to 30minutes
8. Add vinegar and soy sauce and stir in to make a sauce
9. Add a pinch of salt and remove from heat
10. Trim pastry to fit the base of the cake tin
11. Cover the pastry with the cool onion confit and chill in fridge
12.  In a heat proof bowl whisk together the egg yolks, corn flour, salt, and pepper
13. Heat cream and milk in a saucepan until nearly boiling
14. Slowly whisk in this hot mixture into the egg mixture, whisking all the time
15. Once all mixed together pour back into the saucepan and heat
16. Continue to whisk mixture while you heat it until custard is thick
17. Remove from heat and whisk in 2/3 of the grated Comte
18. Spoon the mixture on top of the onion and pastry base
19. Place the second layer of pastry over the top and press down gently to stick it to the cheese custard
20. Chill in fridge overnight
21. Prior to serving, remove from tin and place on flat surface
22. Remove the baking paper lining from under and around the pastry
23. Slice into rectangular portions using a serrated knife for the top pastry layer and a thin sharp knife through the cheese custard and lower pastry layer
24. Place on individual serving plates
25. Cover the portions with remaining 1/3 of the grated Comte

Serve with a glass of Louis Latour Puligny Montrachet 2019 available from the French Market shop, or order online at www.Frenchmarket.co.za.

Bon Appétit