Croquembouche

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An amazing French pastry

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Ingredients

  • 15 scoops of vanilla ice cream
  • 20 cl of heavy cream
  • 200g of grated dark chocolate
  • For the cream puff batter (pate a choux)
  • 100g of butter cut into small cubes
  • 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
  • 150g of flour
  • 3 eggs

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. To prepare the cream puff batter, put 30cl of water into a small pot, add the butter, sugar and a pinch of salt. Bring to the boil then take off the heat immediately.

Step 2

Add the flour all at once and mix everything together with a wooden spoon. Add the eggs one by one, mixing vigorously with the spoon after each one. The dough should become very elastic.

Step 3

Cover a cookie sheet with wax paper. Using a piping bag, make 15 small circles, and then put in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.

Step 4

Once cooked, transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. In a small saucepan, bring the cream to a boil, then take off the heat and add the grated chocolate.

Step 5

Cut eat cream puff in half, fill with one scoop of ice cream, and top with the creamy chocolate mix.

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You can replace the ice cream with custard or whipped cream.

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