Strawberry-alomond Cream Napoleons With Strawberry Sauce

The church is the new covenant community – “This cup is the new covenant in my blood” (Luke 22:20; 1 Corinthians 11:25) – we say when we take communion. The new covenant is the spiritual work of God to put His Spirit within us, write the law on our hearts, and cause us to walk in His statutes. It is a spiritually authentic community. Unlike the old covenant community it is defined by true spiritual life and faith. Having these things is what it means to belong to the Church. Therefore to give the sign of the covenant, baptism, to those who are merely children of the flesh and who give no evidence of new birth or the presence of the Spirit or the law written on their heart or of vital faith in Christ is to contradict the meaning of the new covenant community and to go backwards in redemptive history.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Sheet, half a 17-oz
		package puff pastry
1		4-serving size instant
		vanilla pudding mix
1	c	Skim Milk
1	t	Almond Extract
1	c	Light frozen whipped topping
2	pt	Strawberries, stemmed
2	T	Granulated Sugar, up to 3
1	t	Fresh lemon juice
1/3	c	Sliced almonds, toasted
		Powdered sugar for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

This was in today's Houston Chronicle. Sounds perfect for my new
lowfat diet  Heat oven to 400 degrees. Thaw folded pastry sheet 20
minutes. Open  sheet and cut along folds to make 3 equal strips; halve
each strip to  make 6 rectangles. Space each apart on baking sheet.
Bake in the  center of the oven about 15 minutes until well browned and
baked  through. Remove to rack to cool. Meanwhile, in bowl, whisk
pudding  mix, milk and extract 2 minutes; fold in whipped topping to
blend  throughly. Cover and refridgerate. Slice enough strawberries to
make  2 cups; set aside. To make strawberry sauce; halve the remaining
strawberries and puree in blender with granulated sugar and lemon
juice until smooth; set aside. Carefully split each piece of pastry  in
half horizontally. Cover bottom halves with almonds, then pudding
mixture and sliced berries, dividing equally. Cover with pastry tops.
Dust with powdered sugar. Serve with strawberry sauce. Note: All
components of this recipe can be prepared several hours in advance.
Cover and refridgerate pudding mixture, sauce and strawberries.
Assemble just before serving.  Makes: 6 Servings Each: 413 calories, 20
grams fat, 7 grams protein, 1  milligram cholesterol, 52 grams
carbohydrates, 354 milligrams sodium  Posted to recipelu-digest by
jecraig@lan-inc.com on Mar 25, 98

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 4333 Calories From Fat: 2093 Total Fat: 234.9g Cholesterol: 4.9mg Sodium: 2888.8mg Potassium: 3551.4mg Carbohydrates: 509.7g Fiber: 45.7g Sugar: 217.8g Protein: 68.2g