Description
A show-stopping French dessert made of choux puffs filled with pastry cream and held together with caramel, perfect for celebrations.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups whole milk
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup granulated sugar (for caramel)
- 1/4 cup water (for caramel)
- 1/4 cup corn syrup (for caramel)
- Powdered sugar (for dusting)
- Chocolate squares (for decoration)
Instructions
- Prepare ingredients and workspace: Gather eggs, measure flour, and line baking sheets.
- Make pâte à choux: Preheat oven, heat water and butter, add flour, cook until a ball forms, then add eggs.
- Pipe and bake choux: Pipe rounds, bake at two temperatures for specified times, then cool.
- Make pastry cream: Heat milk, whisk yolks with sugar and cornstarch, thicken, chill.
- Prepare caramel: Combine sugar, water, and corn syrup, cook until deep amber.
- Fill puffs and dip: Pipe cream into puffs, dip in caramel to set.
- Assemble the tower: Layer puffs in a pyramid, using whipped cream for stability.
- Final touches: Dust with powdered sugar, decorate with chocolate.
Notes
For best results, assemble close to serving time. Keep filled puffs chilled until ready to assemble.
- Prep Time: 95 minutes
- Cook Time: 90 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 20g
- Sodium: 80mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 90mg