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Name: Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs
Prep time: 1 h 18 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 43 min
Yield: 40 pieces
Cuisine: french
Ingredients: 200 g Chantilly cream; 125 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons); 100 g Craquelin (sweet cracker dough); 350 g Choux pastry (pâte à choux)

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Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs

These mini choux puffs are topped with a layer of craquelin and filled with Mont-Blanc cream: a mixture of whipped cream and sweetened chestnut purée.

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Last modified on: March 17^th 2019

For 40 pieces, you will need:

1 200 g Chantilly cream
2 125 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
3 100 g Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)
4 350 g Choux pastry (pâte à choux)
Total weight: 775 grams

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Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 8 min.	10 min.	25 min.	1 hour 43 min.

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Stage 1

30 min.

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Prepare 200 g Chantilly cream.

Stage 2

3 min.

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Gently fold 125 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons) into the cream with a soft spatula to keep the lightness that has been whipped in.

Your Mont-Blanc cream is ready. Set aside in the fridge.

Stage 3

10 min.

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Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).

Roll out 100 g Craquelin (sweet cracker dough) and cut circles with a 0.8 inch (2 cm) cutter.

Stage 4

5 min.

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Lay a sheet of cooking parchment on a baking sheet.

Prepare 350 g Choux pastry (pâte à choux), then pipe with a forcing bag into small mounds 0.8 inch (2 cm) in diameter.

Top each mound with a circle of craquelin.

Stage 5

25 min.

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Bake for about 25 minutes until the puffs are well risen and golden brown.

Stage 6

10 min.

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Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Stage 7

10 min.

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Using a serrated knife, slice each puff in half horizontally, trying not to spoil the domed top with its craquelin.

Stage 8

5 min.

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Fill the puffs generously with the Mont-Blanc cream, using a forcing bag.

Stage 9

5 min.

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Pop the lids back on the puffs and press gently to help them stick.

Stage 10

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Your mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs are ready.

Remarks

This recipe can be varied with other creams instead of Mont-Blanc, such as pistachio confectioner's custard, apple confectioner's custard or chocolate mousse.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 40 pieces : 3.69 €
Per piece : 0.09 €

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Home made.

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	Choux pastry (pâte à choux): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Puits d'amour, Saint Honoré cake, Valay-Brest, Pets de nonne, Profiteroles, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: St Tropez tart, Cranachan, Individual charlottes with morello cherries, Strawberries with mint and cream, Ice-cream Vacherin, ... All
	Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Chestnut moelleux, ... All
	Craquelin (sweet cracker dough): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Choux pastry (pâte à choux), Galette de Fougerolles, ... All

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