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"One of my favorite creation! I was inspired to do a different shape, getting away from the traditional one and really showcase the puff pastry. Moreover, I used the Légère 1% Cacao Powder because it does not add any unnecessary fats and helps getting a better volume on the dough."
Niveau:
Moyen
Rendement:
24 units
Conservation:
Room temperature : recommended

Puff pastry

Ingrédients: Puff pastry

  • 1.2 lb
    Bread flour t55
  • 0.5 oz
    Fleur de sel
  • 1.9 oz
    Jaunes d'oeufs
  • 6.3 oz
    Eau
  • 6.6 oz
    Crème
  • 9.5 oz
    Pastry flour t45
  • 1.7 lb
    Butter for book
  • 2.3 oz
    Dcp-01veleg

Préparation: Puff pastry

  1. Mix the bread flour, salt flower, egg yolks, water, cream and cacao powder, using a hook till the dough is combined.
  2. Reserve in refrigerator.
  3. Mix the butter and pastry flour.
  4. Reserve in refrigerator.
  5. Once cold, proceed to 6 single turns, refrigerate for 1 hour after each 2 turns.
  6. Cut and bake at 180°C for 35mIn.

Pastry Cream

Ingrédients: Pastry Cream

Préparation: Pastry Cream

  1. Bring the milk to a simmer.
  2. Mix the cornstarch, sugar and cacao powder.
  3. Add to the egg yolks.
  4. Temper the egg yolks mix with warm milk.
  5. Bring to a boil.
  6. Pour over the chocolate.
  7. Blend.

Pate a choux

Ingrédients: Pate a choux

Préparation: Pate a choux

  1. Bring the milk, water, butter, sugar and salt flower to a simmer.
  2. Add the sifted pastry flour and cacao powder.
  3. Dry the paste on low heat.
  4. Transfer to a mixer with a paddle attachment.
  5. Add the eggs one at a time on low speed.
  6. Pipe and bake at 180°C for 45min.

Praline filling

Ingrédients: Praline filling

Préparation: Praline filling

  1. Caramelize the sugar.
  2. Roast the hazelnuts.
  3. Pour the caramelized sugar over the hazelnut, nibs and fleur de sel.
  4. Blend to consistency.

Chantilly

Ingrédients: Chantilly

  • 1.1 lb
    Crème
  • 1.4 oz
    Sucre
  • 3 unité(s)
    Vanilla beans

Préparation: Chantilly

  1. Whip the cream and add sugar step by step to soft peak.
  2. Add the vanilla beans in the end.

Assembly

  1. Glaze half of the choux with the caramel.
  2. Fill the choux with the praline filling.
  3. Pipe a doll up of pastry cream into the puff pastry.
  4. Place a non glazed choux into the puff pastry.
  5. Top with a doll up of pastry cream.
  6. Pipe a layer of praline filling.
  7. Pipe Chantilly.
  8. Add a glazed choux.

TIPS : Do not overstack the layers of puff pastry, it will be too heavy for the puff pastry to rise.