HOW TO MAKE A CROQUEMBOUCHE (CREAM PUFF TOWER) RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: milk, vanilla beans, egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch, butter, water, butter, salt, sugar, flour, eggs, egg wash, sugar, dark corn syrup, water, heavy cream
Provided by Jody Tixier
Categories Desserts
Yield 30 servings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a pot, heat the milk and vanilla bean pod and seeds over medium heat, bringing it to a boil. Once it begins to boil, turn off the heat and let steep for 15 minutes.
- Using a hand mixer, beat the egg yolks and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add the cornstarch and mix until fully incorporated.
- Remove the vanilla bean pod from the milk. Add ½ cup (120 ml) of the milk to the egg yolk mixture and mix until well combined. Add the remaining milk mixture and beat until fully incorporated.
- Over medium heat, whisk the mixture constantly until thickened, about 7-10 minutes.
- Remove from the heat and add the butter, whisking to combine.
- Strain the custard into a bowl to ensure a creamy custard (optional). Cover the custard with plastic wrap, making sure that the plastic touches the custard, and chill for at least 2 hour.
- Preheat oven to 425˚F (220˚C).
- In a large pot, bring the water, butter, salt, and sugar to a boil over high heat.
- Once the water begins to boil, remove the pot from the heat and immediately add the flour, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon until the liquid is absorbed and the mixture begins to form a ball.
- Return the pot to the heat and cook for another 30 seconds to remove excess moisture. Remove the pot from the heat.
- Working quickly, add the eggs, one at a time, stirring until fully incorporated. Continue stirring until the dough starts to pull away from the sides of the pan and is thick and glossy. Alternatively, you can use a stand mixer with the paddle attachment.
- Using a piping bag with a standard round tip, fill the bag with the batter.
- Place 1-inch (2 cm) dollops on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet, spaced at least 1-inch (2 cm) apart.
- Use a wet fingertip to gently press down any points on the puffs. Brush the egg wash over the the puffs.
- Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 375˚F (190˚C), and bake for 15 minutes.
- Let puffs cool completely.
- Use the bottom of a wooden skewer to create an opening in the bottom of the cream puff shells, just big enough for a piping tip to insert.
- Fill a piping bag fitting with a small round tip with the custard. Gently fill the puff shells with the custard.
- Add the sugar, corn syrup, and water to a pan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and put the lid on, cooking for 5 minutes without moving. Remove the lid and cook for an additional 7-10 minutes, until the caramel is a deep amber color and reaches 300˚F (150˚C).
- Remove the pan from the heat and add the heavy cream, stirring vigorously.
- Working quickly, dip the cream puffs into the caramel and arrange on a serving platter in a circular pattern.
- Continue to stack caramel-dipped cream puffs in a tower shape.
- Once your tower is completed, dip a fork into the caramel sauce and drizzle it around the tower.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 314 calories, Carbohydrate 41 grams, Fat 11 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 11 grams, Sugar 24 grams
EASY CREAM PUFF TOWER
Make a statement with ease with our amazing Easy Cream Puff Tower recipe. This Easy Cream Puff Tower takes only 45 minutes to prep and tastes great!
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Breakfast & Brunch
Time 1h45m
Yield 14 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Beat pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min.; spoon into pastry bag fitted with medium writing tip. Press excess air from bag. Refrigerate bag 1 hour.
- Insert tip of pastry bag into each donut hole, then squeeze small amount of pudding into hole.
- Melt chocolate as directed on package; stir in oil.
- Cover side of 12-inch-tall foam cone with foil. Spread bottom of cone with 1 tsp. melted chocolate; stand on plate, pressing cone gently onto plate to secure.
- Insert toothpicks, 3/4 inch apart, in horizontal rows around cone, starting about 1/2 inch from bottom of cone and leaving about 1/2 inch of each toothpick extending beyond surface of cone. Lightly press 1 donut hole, filling side up, onto end of each toothpick, placing roundest side of donut hole away from cone.
- Drizzle remaining chocolate over dessert. Insert peanuts into spaces between donuts as shown in photo.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 380, Fat 19 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 20 mg, Sodium 320 mg, Carbohydrate 46 g, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 28 g, Protein 6 g
CREAM PUFFS
Steps:
- To make the cream puffs: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. In a large saucepan, bring the water, butter, salt, and granulated sugar to a rolling boil over medium-high heat. When it boils, immediately take the pan off the heat. Stirring with a wooden spoon, add all the flour at once and stir hard until all the flour is incorporated, 30 to 60 seconds. Return the pan to the heat and cook, stirring, 30 seconds to evaporate some of the moisture.
- Scrape the mixture into a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix at medium speed. With the mixer running, and working 1 egg at a time, add 3 of the eggs, stopping after each addition to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mix until the dough is smooth and glossy and the eggs are completely incorporated. The dough should be thick, but should fall slowly and steadily from the beaters when you lift them out of the bowl. If the dough is still clinging to the beaters, add the remaining egg and mix until incorporated.
- Using a pastry bag fitted with a large plain tip, pipe the dough onto the baking sheet, in 2-inch diameter rounds or balls. Whisk the remaining egg with 1 1/2 teaspoons water. Brush the surface of the rounds with the egg wash to knock down the points (you may not use all the egg wash). Bake 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 375 degrees F and bake until puffed up, and light golden brown, about 20 minutes more. Try not to open the oven door too often during the baking. Let cool on the baking sheet.
- To fill the cream puffs, place a pastry tip on your finger and poke a whole in the bottom of each puff. Whip the cream with the sugar and vanilla until stiff. Pipe whipped cream into each cream puff and chill until ready to serve, no more than 4 hours.
- Notes about the recipe: The moisture in the eggs turns to steam and puffs the batter to try to release itself. You can fill them with anything.
CROQUEMBOUCHE
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Time 3h30m
Yield 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- For the Cream Filling: Prepare the cream fillings: Sprinkle the gelatin over 1/4 cup cold water in a bowl and set aside to bloom.
- Place the milk in a pan. Halve the vanilla beans lengthwise; scrape out the seeds with a paring knife, then add the seeds and pods to the milk. Bring to a simmer, then cover and remove from the heat.
- Whisk the egg yolks, sugar, cornstarch and salt in a medium bowl until smooth.
- Remove the vanilla pods from the milk. Gradually whisk one-third of the warm milk into the egg mixture.
- Whisk the egg mixture into the remaining milk in the pan. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until the mixture boils and thickens, 6 minutes. Continue boiling until the mixture is custard-like, 3 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat. Slice the butter into pieces and whisk into the custard, then stir in the gelatin mixture.
- Microwave the chocolate until melted, 2 to 3 minutes, stirring. Mix 2 tablespoons hot water with the espresso. Transfer half of the cream filling to a bowl, then stir in the chocolate and espresso.
- Transfer the remaining cream filling to another bowl. Press plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the chocolate and vanilla creams and refrigerate until cold and firm, at least 2 hours.
- When ready to fill the puffs, whip the heavy cream to soft peaks with a mixer. Fold half into the vanilla cream filling and half into the chocolate filling.
- Transfer each filling to a large pastry bag with a 1/4-inch tip and set aside. (To do this cleanly, cuff the open end of the pastry bag over your hand.)
- For the Pastry Puffs: Unfilled puffs can be frozen for up to a week. To re-crisp, thaw, then brush with a beaten egg; bake 5 minutes at 350 degrees.
- While the fillings chill, make the pastry puffs: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Bring 1 1/2 cups water, the butter, sugar and salt to a simmer in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring to melt the butter.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the flour with a wooden spoon to make a paste. Return to the heat and cook, stirring constantly, until the paste is shiny and pulls away from the pan, 6 to 7 minutes. Cool slightly.
- Transfer the paste to a stand mixer and beat with the paddle attachment on medium-low speed to cool, 1 minute. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
- Transfer the dough to a large pastry bag with a 1/2-inch tip. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper, dabbing a bit of dough under the corners to keep the paper in place. Pipe 1 1/2-inch balls of dough onto the paper (about 48 total).
- Smooth the dough peaks with a wet finger. Bake until puffed, 15 to 20 minutes, then lower the temperature to 350 degrees and bake until golden, 15 minutes. Turn off the oven; keep the puffs inside 10 minutes to dry out. Pierce each puff with a dry piping tip; transfer to a rack to cool.
- To Assemble: Fill half of the puffs with chocolate cream and half with vanilla: Insert the tip of the pastry bag into the hole and squeeze until full. Chill the filled puffs 30 minutes before assembling the tower.
- Make the caramel: Mix the sugar, corn syrup and 1 cup water in a saucepan, cover and bring to a boil over high heat; don't stir. Uncover and boil, swirling the pan, until the syrup turns deep amber, 20 minutes.
- Immediately dip the bottom of the saucepan in a large bowl of ice water for a few seconds to stop the cooking.
- Transfer the caramel to a liquid measuring cup and cool slightly (it should still be liquid). Be careful-the caramel will still be hot!
- Draw a 7-inch circle on parchment paper. Partially dip each filled puff into the caramel and let the excess drip off. Arrange the puffs around the circle. If the caramel hardens, microwave until soft, 45 seconds.
- Fill the base circle with more puffs for stability, then continue building a conical tower of smaller circles. Top the tower with a single puff. Line your work surface with parchment paper-the next step can be messy.
- Dip the tip of a fork into the caramel and quickly wave it in circles around the tower to create a web of caramel strands. Repeat. Let set, then slide two spatulas under the paper and transfer the croquembouche to a platter. Tear off the excess paper around the base.
- To serve, crack the caramel web with the back of a knife, then dismantle the tower and transfer the cream puffs to plates.
EASIEST CREAM PUFFS
Make and share this Easiest Cream Puffs recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Millereg
Categories Breads
Time 1h20m
Yield 24-30 puffs, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- If butter is not at room temperature, chop it up first.
- Add butter to boiling water.
- When butter is dissolved remove from heat.
- Add flour and salt.
- Beat with a spoon until it looks like putty (about 15 minutes).
- Cool, add eggs unbeaten one at a time.
- Beat until creamy.
- Drop ¾ to 1 tablespoon of cream puff mixture, for each cream puff, onto a greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 375°.
- Reduce oven to 350° and bake for an additional 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool.
- To Serve: cut off the top and fill with whipped cream or vanilla pudding, then replace the top.
- Sift small amount of powdered sugar over each cream puff.
CREAM PUFFS
These versatile and tender pastry puffs are stuffed with a traditional cream filling. We also have many other tempting filler ideas for you.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h55m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Heat oven to 400°F. In 2 1/2-quart saucepan, heat water and butter to rolling boil. Stir in flour; reduce heat to low. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat. Beat in eggs, all at once; continue beating until smooth.
- On ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by slightly less than 1/4 cupfuls about 3 inches apart. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until puffed and golden. Cool away from draft, about 30 minutes.
- Make one of the fillings (directions below). Cut off top third of each puff and pull out any strands of soft dough. Fill puffs with filling; replace tops. Cover; refrigerate until serving. Store covered in refrigerator. Eggnog Fluff Filling: In large bowl, beat pudding mix, milk, rum extract, nutmeg and ginger with electric mixer on low speed until well blended. Add whipping cream; beat on high speed 1 to 2 minutes or until soft peaks form. Fill puffs. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate up to 3 hours. Just before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar or brush tops with light corn syrup and sprinkle with colored sugar or nonpareils. Peppermint Whipped Cream Filling: In large bowl, beat ingredients with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Fill puffs. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate up to 4 hours.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 370, Carbohydrate 26 g, Cholesterol 165 mg, Fiber 0 g, Protein 6 g, SaturatedFat 16 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 260 mg
CREAM PUFFS
An easy and impressive way to make a great dessert. Whip them up and watch them disappear!
Provided by Shellie Wendel
Categories Desserts
Time 55m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Mix together vanilla instant pudding mix, cream and milk. Cover and refrigerate to set.
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
- In a large pot, bring water and butter to a rolling boil. Stir in flour and salt until the mixture forms a ball. Transfer the dough to a large mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon or stand mixer, beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Centers should be dry.
- When the shells are cool, either split and fill them with the pudding mixture, or use a pastry bag to pipe the pudding into the shells.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 189.7 calories, Carbohydrate 15.2 g, Cholesterol 76.9 mg, Fat 13.3 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 2.9 g, SaturatedFat 8 g, Sodium 230.6 mg, Sugar 8 g
CREAM PUFFS I
Puff pastry with a custard cream filling. Garnish with melted chocolate or a dusting of confectioners' sugar.
Provided by MYFBIL
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European French
Time 1h30m
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- For the custard: In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 5 tablespoons flour and a pinch of salt. Stir in milk, a little at a time, until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 60 seconds, then pour a small amount of hot liquid into the 2 egg yolks, and stir. Then return now heated egg yolks to saucepan and stir, over heat, until mixture starts to bubble again. Remove from heat, add vanilla. Cover and chill in refrigerator.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
- For the pastry: In a medium saucepan, combine shortening and water and bring to a boil. Sift together 1 cup flour and a pinch of salt and pour all at once into boiling mixture. Stir vigorously until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat, and add eggs, one at a time, stirring vigorously after each addition. Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet, or pipe into desired shape.
- Bake 10 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and bake 25 minutes more, or until golden. Cool completely, split, fill with custard, and replace tops.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 255 calories, Carbohydrate 25.1 g, Cholesterol 120.4 mg, Fat 14.4 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 6.4 g, SaturatedFat 4.1 g, Sodium 81.2 mg, Sugar 12.5 g
EASY 'CREAM PUFFS'
Prepare our Easy 'Cream Puffs' in just 5 minutes! Fill croissants with vanilla pudding and drizzle chocolate on top to make delicious Easy 'Cream Puffs.'
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Home
Time 10m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Beat pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min. Refrigerate 5 min.
- Fill croissants with pudding. Drizzle with chocolate.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 330, Fat 15 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 40 mg, Sodium 460 mg, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 7 g
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