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Choux Au Craquelin

Choux Au Craquelin

JeanBaptiste Lucas
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
 
 

Choux pastry:

  • 250 ml milk
  • 125 g all purpose flour
  • 80 g butter
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 pinch salt

Craquelin:

Vanilla pastry cream:

  • 500 ml milk
  • 110 g sugar
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 30 g cornstarch
  • 20 g all purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 25 g butter

Instructions
 

How to Make Craquelin:

  • Mix the butter and brown sugar in a bowl.
  • Add flour and mix until homogeneous.
  • Roll out the dough between two silicon mats (around 3 mm or 1/10th of an inch thickness).
  • Keep in the fridge until hard.
  • Cut the craquelin into 2 cm (about 1 inch) circles.

How to Make the Choux Pastry:

  • In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, milk, and salt.
  • Heat until the butter melts completely.
  • Reduce the heat to low and add the flour.
  • Stir vigorously until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan and begins to form a stiff ball. When some of the dough sticks to the bottom of the pan, remove from the heat. Let it cool.
  • Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well to incorporate completely after each addition.
  • Put the choux pastry in a piping bag and start piping.

How to Make the Pastry Cream:

  • Heat the milk and vanilla extract in a saucepan.
  • Beat the egg yolks with the sugar in medium-sized bowl.
  • Add the flour and cornstarch and mix again.
  • When the milk is boiling, pour it onto the eggs and sugar and whisk.
  • Put the preparation back in the saucepan.
  • Cook over a medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens.
  • Add the butter and whisk until a homogeneous blend is obtained.
  • Pour the pastry cream into a pan and press a piece of plastic wrap onto the surface of the pastry cream to prevent a “skin” from forming.

How to Make the Choux au Craquelin:

  • Using a piping bag with a round tip, pipe the choux pastry into 2.5 cm (about 1 inch) circle. Put one craquelin circle on top of each choux.
  • Bake for 15 minutes at 170 °C/ 338 ℉. Do not open the oven for 15 minutes.
  • Then, open the oven door to get rid of the steam and bake for 8-10 minutes more until the choux are brown.
  • Pipe the cold vanilla pastry cream inside the choux.
  • Sprinkle icing sugar on top.

Notes

Choux Au Craquelin
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