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Fruit crémeux

This kind of "crémeux" (it means "creamy", but contains no actual cream) is a basic recipe in the repertoire of French pastry chefs. It is smoother but less frothy than a mousse and uses gelatin to set it as it cools.

Often used as a tart filling or in other desserts, crémeux is usually poured to set in a mould.

This fruity version is made with raspberries.

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Last modified on: September 12^th 2020

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For 800 g, you will need:

1 ½ tablespoon gelatin
2 4 egg yolks
3 2 Eggs
4 ½ cup caster sugar
5 1 ²⁄₃ cup Fruit coulis (fruit purée)
6 0 kg butter

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

Put ½ tablespoon gelatin to soak in cold water.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Put into a bowl: 4 egg yolks, 2 Eggs and ½ cup caster sugar. Mix together with a whisk.

Stage 3 - 8 min.

Bring 1 ²⁄₃ cup Fruit coulis (fruit purée) (unsweetened) to the boil in a saucepan on medium heat. This is a raspberry coulis.to simmer

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Pour the scalding hot coulis onto the egg-sugar mixture wile stirring.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Pour the mixture back into the pan and bring back to the boil.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Turn off the heat, add the drained gelatin and mix well with the whisk.

Stage 7 - 15 min.

Stand the pan in cold water and leave the mixture to cool to about 104°F (40°C).

Stage 8 - 3 min.

Once the mixture has cooled to the right temperature, pour into a tall-sided container and add 0 kg butter in small pieces.

Stage 9 - 1 min.

Emulsify the mixture thoroughly with a blender.

Stage 10

Your crémeux is now ready to be poured into the mould for your recipe.

Remarks

Regardless of what you may read elsewhere, crémeux is not a kind of confectioner's custard (french pastry cream) as it contains neither flour nor cornflour. It is more of an egg custard, though really in a class of its own.

Do be sure to use an unsweetened fruit coulis, or reduce the sugar in the recipe to compensate, or your crémeux will be too sweet.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge, can be frozen after moulding.

Source

Based on arecipe from the INBP (French national bakery institute).

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
11,335 Kcal or 47,457 Kj	34 gr	2,455 gr	153 gr
567 %	13 %	232 %	23 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,438 Kcal or 6,021 Kj	4 gr	312 gr	19 gr
72 %	2 %	29 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Egg, Milk

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For 800 g : 3.73 €

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