Paris-Brest
The Paris-Brest is a famous French patisserie: a ring of choux pastry, scattered with flaked almonds and icing sugar and filled with a praline cream. The name comes from a historic cycle race between Paris and Brest (600 km or 372 miles), as the shape is like a bicycle wheel.
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Grade this recipe: Last modified on: May 8th 2011
For 6 cakes, you will need:
- 0
350 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream) - 1
100 g Praline - 2
350 g Choux pastry (pâte à choux) - 3
1 egg yolk - 4
50 g flaked almonds - 5
icing sugar - Total weight: 870 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 58 min. | 20 min. | 2 hours 18 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
2 or 3 hours in the fridge.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 40 min.
Prepare 350 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream). Incorporate 100 g Praline using a whisk or a maryse to make a praline cream.
Set aside.
Set aside.
Stage 2 - 20 min.
Prepare 350 g Choux pastry (pâte à choux).
Stage 3 - 10 min.
Place a sheet of cooking parchment face down on the worktop. Draw circles about 6 cm (2.5 inches) in diameter using a round object or cutter), leaving space between them.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Place the sheet right way up on a baking sheet and stick the corners down with a little of the choux pastry mixture.
Preheat the oven to 210°C (420°F).
Preheat the oven to 210°C (420°F).
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Use a forcing bag with a nozzle diameter 10 to pipe rings of dough on the circles you have drawn.
With this method you can create perfectly round rings.
With this method you can create perfectly round rings.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Coat the tops with a little beaten egg using a brush.
Stage 7 - 3 min.
Scatter 50 g flaked almonds over the top, then a little icing sugar.
Stage 8 - 20 min.
Stage 9 - 3 min.
Begin the assembly: with a serrated knife, cut the rings horizontally through the middle.
Stage 10 - 3 min.
Remove the top, then fill the bottom with praline cream using a forcing bag with a large diameter (15)fluted nozzle...
Stage 11
...until completely covered with praline cream.
Stage 12 - 1 min.
Replace the top.
Stage 13 - 20 min.
Finish with another sprinkling of icing sugar and put to wait in the fridge.
Remarks
You can make a praline butter cream rather than (confectioner's custard).
To make one large Paris-Brest rather than lots of small ones, draw a circle about 20 cm (8 inches) in diameter, piping 2 "sausages" side by side and a third on top. Then proceed as for the small ones, but allow a longer cooking time.
To make one large Paris-Brest rather than lots of small ones, draw a circle about 20 cm (8 inches) in diameter, piping 2 "sausages" side by side and a third on top. Then proceed as for the small ones, but allow a longer cooking time.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,804 Kcal or 7,553 Kj | 57 gr | 186 gr | 150 gr |
| 90 % | 22 % | 18 % | 23 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 207 Kcal or 867 Kj | 7 gr | 21 gr | 17 gr |
| 10 % | 3 % | 2 % | 3 % |
| Per cake | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 301 Kcal or 1,260 Kj | 9 gr | 31 gr | 25 gr |
| 15 % | 4 % | 3 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 cakes : 4.05 €
- Per cake : 0.68 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made, after Gaston Lenôtre.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Choux pastry (pâte à choux): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Gougères, Chouquettes, Puits d'amour, Valay-Brest, ... All |
 | Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: St Tropez tart, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), Pistachio cream, Pear and lime meringue pie, Strawberries with mint and cream, ... All |
 | Praline: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Succès praliné (praline meringue), Praline rochers, ... All |
| Flaked almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pea and avocado salad, Nanou's chocolate cake, Flaked almond tart, Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, Little apple turnovers with almonds and raisins, ... All |
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