Reviews (1) Add Rating & Review 85 Ratings 5 star values: 16 4 star values: 25 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 12 1 star values: 9 Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/20/2011 I tried to make the Pate a Chou with this recipe. It didn't work out well as the pastry was far to runny, and it just ran out of the piping bag. When I checked my other sources of recipes I realized that 5 eggs is too many. I made the recipe again using 3 eggs and all was well.
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Ingredients For the Pate a Choux Puffs 1/2 cup whole milk 1/2 cup water 4 ounces (1 stick) unsalted butter 1 teaspoon coarse salt 1 cup all-purpose flour 5 large eggs 1 large egg yolk 1/2 cup heavy cream Caramel Cream For the Assembly Caramel Sugar Cookies, decorated with Royal Icing and fine sanding sugar
Cook’s Notes Don’t worry about making it perfect – a homemade look is part of its charm. Use the cookie stars to hide gaps between puffs.
Gallery Martha’s Famous Croquembouche
Recipe Summary Servings: 30 Yield: Makes 2 small croquembouches
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Martha's Famous Croquembouche
Martha’s Famous Croquembouche
Martha’s Famous Croquembouche
Recipe Summary Servings: 30 Yield: Makes 2 small croquembouches
Recipe Summary
Servings: 30 Yield: Makes 2 small croquembouches
Servings: 30
Yield: Makes 2 small croquembouches
30
Makes 2 small croquembouches
Ingredients
Ingredients
1/2 cup whole milk 1/2 cup water 4 ounces (1 stick) unsalted butter 1 teaspoon coarse salt 1 cup all-purpose flour 5 large eggs 1 large egg yolk 1/2 cup heavy cream Caramel Cream
Caramel Sugar Cookies, decorated with Royal Icing and fine sanding sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment.
Make the puffs: Bring milk, water, butter, and salt to a boil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Remove from heat, and whisk in flour. Return to heat, and cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until mixture pulls away from sides of pan, about 4 minutes. Transfer to the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on medium speed to cool slightly, about 1 minute. With machine running, add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Transfer dough to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/4-inch round tip.
Whisk together yolk and heavy cream. Pipe about one hundred 1-inch puffs (about the size of a quarter) onto each prepared sheet. Gently brush with egg wash. Bake until puffs rise and are golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes. Let cool on sheets on wire racks. (Puffs can be stored at room temperature for up to 1 day.)
Transfer caramel cream to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/4-inch round tip. Insert tip of pastry bag into base of each puff, and fill each. Return to sheets in a single layer as you work.
Assemble the croquembouche: Dip top half of each filled puff into caramel (be careful not to burn your fingers), letting excess drip back into pan. Transfer to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Let stand until caramel is set.
Carefully dip bottom half of 1 puff into caramel, letting excess drip into pan. Transfer puff, hot caramel side down, to a serving platter. Repeat with 9 more puffs, forming a connected ring as you work. Repeat with more puffs, layering rings to form a 6-layer pyramid, using 45 or 50 puffs total. (If the caramel begins to harden, reheat briefly over low heat.)
Attach sugar cookies to sides and base of croquembouche, using royal icing or caramel as “glue.”
To make a second croquembouche, make another batch of caramel, and repeat with remaining filled puffs. (Alternatively, serve the remaining puffs on the side.) Serve immediately, or let stand at room temperature for up to 2 hours.
Cook’s Notes Don’t worry about making it perfect – a homemade look is part of its charm. Use the cookie stars to hide gaps between puffs.
Cook’s Notes
Don’t worry about making it perfect – a homemade look is part of its charm. Use the cookie stars to hide gaps between puffs.
Reviews (1)
Add Rating & Review 85 Ratings 5 star values: 16 4 star values: 25 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 12 1 star values: 9
Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/20/2011 I tried to make the Pate a Chou with this recipe. It didn't work out well as the pastry was far to runny, and it just ran out of the piping bag. When I checked my other sources of recipes I realized that 5 eggs is too many. I made the recipe again using 3 eggs and all was well.
Reviews (1)
Add Rating & Review 85 Ratings 5 star values: 16 4 star values: 25 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 12 1 star values: 9
Add Rating & Review
85 Ratings 5 star values: 16 4 star values: 25 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 12 1 star values: 9
85 Ratings 5 star values: 16 4 star values: 25 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 12 1 star values: 9
85 Ratings 5 star values: 16 4 star values: 25 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 12 1 star values: 9
5 star values: 16 4 star values: 25 3 star values: 23 2 star values: 12 1 star values: 9
Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/20/2011 I tried to make the Pate a Chou with this recipe. It didn't work out well as the pastry was far to runny, and it just ran out of the piping bag. When I checked my other sources of recipes I realized that 5 eggs is too many. I made the recipe again using 3 eggs and all was well.Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated 12/20/2011
I tried to make the Pate a Chou with this recipe. It didn’t work out well as the pastry was far to runny, and it just ran out of the piping bag. When I checked my other sources of recipes I realized that 5 eggs is too many. I made the recipe again using 3 eggs and all was well.
Rating: Unrated
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