The Art of French Pastry

refrigerator. The fondant is now ready to be used. 2 Make sure you are wearing latex gloves. With your ...

right index finger, scrape off the excess fondant, leaving enough of it to cover the surface. Scrape your index ...

move on to the large puffs. Glaze 1 large puff and set it on the sheet pan. Take 1 small puff and sti ...

and the religieuses assembled, place the 70 grams of pastry cream you set aside and the 20 grams of soft butter ...

upward where the 2 puffs meet. Pipe a small rosette on the top of the small puff. The religieuses are now read ...

STORAGE Keep the religieuses in the refrigerator until you serve them. They will be good for 24 hours. After ...

ROSETTE Hold the pastry bag with the tip pointing straight down. Start piping—this will be the center of your ro ...

clockwise until you come back to 9 o’clock. While still rotating, stop pressing on the bag and come off ...

JACQUY’S TAKEAWAYS You can be creative and fill a religieuse with different types of pastry cream. The top is us ...

for Salambos. Ganache or butter cream can be used for the teardrop piping. If you are using fondant powder, add the extra ...

87.8°F/31°C as directed. Adjust the consistency with a tablespoon of warm water if necessary. ...

CROQUEMBOUCHE ...

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YIELD | ONE 14-INCH-TALL CROQUEMBOUCHE, SERVING 12 PEOPLE (ABOUT 9 SMALL PUFFS PER SERVING) Croquembouche, a cake ...

celebration cake in France. It’s the country’s best- known wedding cake, but it is also served for all sorts o ...

The classic croquembouche has a conical shape: the puffs are dipped in caramel and then stuck to each other arou ...

a large one on the bottom to a small one on the top. Nougatine—hot caramel mixed with toasted sliced almonds—w ...

religious buildings such as churches, but then chefs began to get more creative and make replicas of mon ...

or a wishing well or fountain of love for a marriage. No matter what the shape, a cream puff filled wi ...

in one night—and probably would have if we hadn’t taken some of it to our neighbors. Making croquembouche is ...