Raspberry Napoleons dessert is named after my favourite movie hero, Napoleon Dynamite. Oh wait. are an incredibly easy and trex delicious summertime dessert.
Ingredients
1 ¼ cups low-fat (1%) milk
package (3.4 ounces)
vanilla or French
vanilla instant
pudding and pie
filling
1 tablespoon amaretto
liqueur or ¼
teaspoon almond
extract
6 sheets (about
13½x8½ inches)
frozen phyllo dough, thawed
Nonstick cooking spray
2 cups fresh raspberries
2 teaspoons powdered
sugar
Mint sprigs (optional)
Method
1. Place milk in medium bowl. Add pudding mix; whisk 2 minutes. Stir in amaretto; cover and refrigerate.
2. Heat oven to 350°F. Working quickly, lay 1 sheet phyllo dough on a large work surface, longer edge toward you; coat evenly and lightly with cooking spray. Lay another sheet on top of the first; coat with sprays
3. Repeat with another sheet, coating lightly with spray. Cut stacked dough crosswise into 6 strips. Cut each strip ¡n half forming 12 rectangles. Transfer rectangles to an ungreased cookie sheet. Repeat process with remaining 3 sheets of phyNo dough; place onto a second cookie sheet.
4. Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until golden brown and crisp. Remove from oven, transfer to wire cooling rack. Cool corn pletely.
5. To assemble, spread half of the pudding over 8 of the rectangles; top with half of the raspberries. Repeat layering with 8 more phyllo rectangles, remaining pudding and raspberries; top with remaining 8 phylto rectangles.
6. Place powdered sugar in a strainer; shake over tops of napoleons. Transfer to serving plates; garnish with mint sprigs, if desired, Makes 8 servings
Raspberry Napoleons |