Paris Brest Wlemon Pastry Cream |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 20 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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Oh I thought just for fun we would compare how the French would bake this pastry, as oppose to how an American would bake this. Now, what would the end result be? Paris, Brest: two towns and a legendary dessert! Read more ! Recipe from Arnaud Delmontel, elected as the best pastry chef for 2006 in France Ingredients:
1/ choux pastry |
125g water |
125g milk |
150g flour |
100g elle & vire french butter |
5g salt |
4 eggs |
2/ butter cream |
830g elle & vire french butter |
500g sugar |
50g water |
4 eggs |
3/ lemon pastry cream |
1l elle & vire vanilla crème brûlée dessert base |
50g custard powder |
240g elle & vire whipping cream |
15g lemon zests |
15g lemon liqueur (limoncello) |
4/ decoration |
500g sugar |
200g red pralines |
50g water |
strawberrie |
Directions:
1. 1/ Choux Pastry
2. Carry out a choux pastry with the Elle & Vire French Butter. With a pastry bag, shape a square with 20 cm sides.
3. Bake at 210°C for 20 mins.
4. 2/ Butter Cream
5. Break the eggs into a bowl and beat. Cook the sugar to 110°C. Gradually incorporate the sugar into the beaten eggs, beating rapidly. Beat for 2 mins. then cool. Incorporate the room temperature Elle & Vire French Butter cut into small pieces.
6. 3/ Lemon Pastry Cream
7. Heat 750g of the Elle & Vire Vanilla Crème Brûlée Dessert Base. Bring to a boil the remaining 250g and add the custard powder to it. Combine the two mixtures, bring to a boil again while stirring. Add the lemon zests, then cool. Add the lemon liqueur and the whipped cream slowly.
8. 4/ Decoration
9. Make a caramel with the sugar and water. Blend the butter cream and lemon pastry cream together and put it into a pastry bag with a grooved tip.
10. Decoration
11. 1 – Cut the choux pastry square into two squares at 2/3 of the square’s height
12. 2 – Soak the top in the caramel and sprinkle with the crushed red pralines
13. 3 – With the pastry bag, pipe the filling onto the bottom of the Paris Brest
14. 4 – Spread some quartered strawberries on top
15. Note:
16. Where to purchase French Butter, visit url:
17. www.elle-et- /
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