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Croquembouche
A classic French dessert made of profiteroles assembled into a tower, dipped in caramel.
From YouTube · Dec 22, 2022
A classic French dessert made of profiteroles assembled into a tower, dipped in caramel.
10 min
Cook time
1 serving
Yield
Ingredients
11 ingredients- all-purpose flour
- water
- butter
- sugar
- salt
- eggs
- vanilla paste
- cornstarch
- cream of tartar
- heavy cream
- sugar (for caramel)
Method
8 steps- Make choux pastry by boiling water, butter, sugar, and salt, then adding flour and cooking until it forms a dry ball.
- Remove from heat and incorporate eggs one at a time until smooth.
- Pipe small rounds of choux pastry onto a baking sheet and wet the peaks with water to prevent burning.
- Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 10 minutes until golden brown and hollow inside.
- Prepare creme Patisserie by heating cream and sugar, then adding cornstarch and vanilla paste, cooking until thickened, and pouring into a bowl to cool.
- Fill a piping bag with the creme Patisserie and pipe into cooled profiteroles.
- Dip each profiterole in caramel and assemble into a tower on a serving platter, sticking them together with caramel.
- Make caramel by melting sugar with water and cream of tartar in a heavy-bottomed saucepan, then dip profiteroles into caramel to attach and form the tower.
Recipe notes
Equipment
- baking sheet
- piping bag
- heavy-bottom saucepan
- tongs
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