Photograph of the finished Croquembouche

France · Tháp su kem caramel Croquembouche

Croquembouche

2 hr Hands-on time + 1 hr waiting
HardDifficulty
5 stepsSteps
Serves 4 Amounts follow along 4

What to get ready

  • Photograph of Flour Flour 11.3 oz
  • Photograph of Unsalted butter Unsalted butter 8.5 oz
  • Photograph of Chicken eggs Chicken eggs 12
  • Photograph of Fresh milk Fresh milk 4 ¼ cups
  • Photograph of Sugar Sugar 1.3 lb
  • Photograph of Cornstarch Cornstarch 2.8 oz
  • Photograph of Vanilla Vanilla 0.3 oz
  • Photograph of Sliced almonds Sliced almonds 2.8 oz

Method

  1. 1 Make choux pastry dough from water, butter, and flour, then pipe 24 small balls and bake at 190 degrees for 22 minutes.
  2. 2 Cook the pâtissière cream from milk, egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch, and vanilla for 6 minutes, then let it cool for 1 hour.
  3. 3 Pump cream into each cream puff through the hole in the bottom, pumping until you feel resistance.
  4. 4 Cook 100g of sugar until it turns into an amber caramel color, then dip the bottom of each piece in the caramel and arrange them into a cone shape.
  5. 5 Make it quickly before the caramel hardens — caramel acts as both the glue and the crispy crust, so it can't be replaced with cream.

With an appliance

  • Air fryer 2 hr 40 min

    Instead of step 1: lightly spray oil around the dish, use a steam cooker at 205 degrees for 14 minutes, rotating the tray at minute 7. The strong airflow shortens the cooking time by about one-third compared to a conventional oven and sears the surface faster.

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