Agnello di sfoglia Pasquale (chocolate and vanilla mille-feuille) - Lombardia
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This is a typical Easter cake from the provinces of Pavia and Lodi in Lombardy. It is layers of puff pastry typically baked and then cut into three layers. Here I bake 3 separate layers to reduce the risk of breakage.The crisp pastry is layered with creamy, decadent vanilla and chocolate custards. What better way to celebrate Easter? My son asks for this cake for his birthday so I leave the pastry uncut and layer it adding sliced strawberries to the layers. Enjoy! Make the custards the day before to ensure they are more solid. At the risk of starting controversy, I find that a good, all-butter, store-bought puff pastry is a perfectly acceptable (and a much more relaxing) option.