The Paris-Brest

The Paris-Brest

Level:
Medium
Makes:
Recipe for approximately 20 Paris-Brest individuals

Cream Puff dough

Used products: Cream Puff dough

  • 1.8 oz
    Whole milk
  • 4.1 oz
    water
  • 0.1 oz
    fine sugar
  • 0.1 oz
    sea salt
  • 2.3 oz
    Charentais butter A.O.C

Preparation: Cream Puff dough

Boil

Used products: Cream Puff dough

  • 3.9 oz
    T45 flour

Preparation: Cream Puff dough

Add

Used products: Cream Puff dough

  • 5.8 oz
    whole egg(s)

Preparation: Cream Puff dough

Add in 3 times

Pipe in small cream puff shapes of around 30 mm Ø.

Pipe in small cream puff shapes of around 1.2 in / 30 mm Ø.

Crunchy biscuit

Used products: Crunchy biscuit

  • 1.1 oz
    butter
  • 1.1 oz
    flour
  • 1.1 oz
    confectioner's sugar

Preparation: Crunchy biscuit

Mix

Sheet out the dough (3 mm thick) and cut out circles (30 mm Ø).
Place one on top of each base cream puff and bake at 180°C during 30-45 minutes.

Sheet out the dough (0.01 in / 3 mm thick) and cut out circles (1.2 in / 30 mm Ø).
Place one on top of each base cream puff and bake at 365°F/180°C during 30-45 minutes.

Praliné cream

Used products: Praliné cream

  • 3.1 oz
    sugar

Preparation: Praliné cream

Prepare a caramel with

Used products: Praliné cream

  • 6.3 oz
    warm UHT whipping cream 35%

Preparation: Praliné cream

Dilute it with

Used products: Praliné cream

  • 3.0 oz
    egg yolks
  • 0.7 oz
    custard powder

Preparation: Praliné cream

Then, prepare a pastry cream with

Used products: Praliné cream

Preparation: Praliné cream

Mix and pass through a sieve over

Praliné mousse

Used products: Praliné mousse

  • 11.8 oz
    milk
  • 1.9 oz
    egg yolks
  • 0.5 oz
    fine sugar
  • 0.9 oz
    custard powder
  • 3.0 oz
    Charentais butter A.O.C

Preparation: Praliné mousse

Prepare a confectioner's custard with

Preparation: Praliné mousse

Mix and pass through a sieve over

Cool down praliné cream quickly in a freezer.
Beat the praliné cream until it is whipped.

Assembly

Preparation: Assembly

Fill the base of the chou with the Pralin Feuilletine™

Pipe the praliné mousse.
In the center of the praliné mousse, pipe the praliné cream.
Cover up the chou and pipe some « drops » of praliné mousse.

Preparation: Assembly

Add some twig decorations made with Extra Bitter Guayaquil 64%