Michel Cluizel - Choux with Crumble, Praline & Caramel

Recipe created by the association Tradition Gourmande

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CHOUX WITH CRUMBLE, PRALINé AND CARAMEL

the association Tradition Gourmande

For about 12 choux

Choux

190 g

60 g

2g

8g

100 g

150 g

250 g as needed

Salted Caramel

100 g Sugar

20 g Glucose

60 g Liquid cream 35% FAT

2 g Fleur de sel

70 g Butter

Water Whole milk Salt Sugar Butter Flour Eggs Icing sugar

Sieve the flour. Beat the eggs and either strain or mix them. In a saucepan, boil the water, milk, salt, sugar and butter together. Once the mix is boiling, take off the heat and add the sieved flour while whisking. Return to a low heat to dry the mix, until the paste no longer sticks to the sides of the saucepan, while mixing with a spatula. Using a flat beater, gradually add the eggs until the wanted consistency is obtained. If needed, to loosen the paste once the eggs were added, it is better to add some lukewarm milk instead of more eggs in order to get the right paste texture. It should be quite firm. Fill a pipping bag fitted with a PF 20 fluted tip with the choux pastry and prepare 6 cm large choux, on a baking tray fitted with a cooking mat.

Sprinkle with icing sugar. Also prepare 10 “petit-four” sized choux.

Crumble

170 g

85 g

225 g

Butter Brown sugar T55 flour

Using a flat beater, soften the butter. Add the brown sugar, then the flour. Mix until getting a homogeneous mixture. Let it rest in the fridge for an hour. Using a rolling machine, make sure the crumble paste is not thicker than 2 cm. Cut crumble disks with a 6 cm large cookie cutter. Let the disks rest in the fridge.

Pastry cream

1 liter Whole milk

200 g Egg yolks

180 g Sugar

80 g Powdered cream

80 g Butter

1 Vanilla pod

Mix the hazelnuts and the 30° B syrup. Spread onto a baking tray, fitted with a cooking mat.

Sprinkle the sugar and cook for 20 minutes at 160° C in a convection oven. Keep stirring the hazelnuts while they are cooking.

Assembly and decoration Cut the choux in half with a bread knife. Fill the choux with praliné mousseline, and the “petit-four” choux with salted caramel. Place the small choux in the centre of the big one and cover with praliné mousseline using a pipping bag fitted with a medium fluted tip.

Sprinkle with chopped caramelised hazelnuts.

Finally, place the top of the big choux, and sprinkle some icing sugar.

Saveurs Praliné 2,5 kg Saveurs Praliné 5 kg

ref. 21020 ref. 21015

Heat the milk, half of the sugar and the vanilla pod, it must be split and scraped. In a mixing bowl, whiten the egg yolks with the rest of the sugar then add the cream. When boiling, pour some milk on the eggs and bring it all in the saucepan. Boil the mixture for 2 minutes while whisking strongly. Add the butter and then pour onto a stainless steal baking tray, fitted with foil. Cover the cream pastry with foil and let it rest 15 to 20 minutes in the freezer to cool it, and then let it rest in the fridge.

Praliné Mousseline

700 g Pastry cream

200 g Saveurs Praliné

230 g Softened butter Using a whisk, smoothen the pastry cream.

Add in the Saveurs Praliné. Add the softened butter.

Manufacture Cluizel - august 2018

Assembly Put a crumble disk on each choux and sprinkle with icing sugar again. Cook for 25 to 30 minutes at 160° C in a convection oven.

In a saucepan, slowly melt the sugar with glucose to get caramel. Pour boiling cream onto the caramel to stop it from cooking. Add salt off the heat. Whisk to obtain a smooth mixture. Add the butter with a whisk and cook at 103° C in order to emulsify. Check the cooking process with a spoon. Pour the caramel onto a baking tray fitted with foil, to cool it.

Caramelised Hazelnuts

200 g Hazelnuts

40 g 30°B syrup (Baumé Scale)

10 g Sugar

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