Croque en Bouche is a really impressive dessert that is perfect for Christmas or New Years Eve. It consists of crispy craquelin profiteroles filled with almond flavored pastry cream glued together with a delicious caramel forming an irresistible cone tower.
Makes about 55 mini profiteroles
Craquelin
1/2 cup (113g) butter, room temperature
2/3 cup (135g) light brown sugar
1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp (1g) salt
Vanilla Almond Pastry Cream
2 cups (500ml) milk
1 tsp (5g) vanilla extract
1 tsp (5g) almond extract
4 egg yolks
1/3 cup (70g) sugar
1/4 cup (30g) cornstarch
2 tbsp (16g) flour
1 tbsp (15g) unsalted butter
Choux Pastry
1 1/2 (190g) all-purpose flour
5 fl oz (150ml) milk
5 fl oz (150ml) water
1 tbsp (15g) sugar
1 tsp (5g) salt
4 oz (120g) unsalted butter
6 eggs
Caramel Syrup
2 cups (400g) sugar
1/2 cup (120ml) water Date: 2019-12-12
