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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

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For 20 pieces, you will need:

1 100 g Chantilly cream
2 63 g sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)
3 50 g Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)
4 175 g Choux pastry (pâte à choux)
Total weight: 388 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Prepare 100 g Chantilly cream.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Gently fold 63 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.

Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).

Roll out 50 g Craquelin (sweet cracker dough) and cut circles with a 0.8 inch (2 cm) cutter.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Lay a sheet of cooking parchment on a baking sheet.

Prepare 175 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.

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

Stage 6 - 10 min.

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Stage 7 - 10 min.

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

Stage 8 - 5 min.

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

Stage 9 - 5 min.

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

Stage 10

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.

Keeping

Should be eaten the day it is made.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
774 Kcal or 3,241 Kj	17 gr	139 gr	87 gr
39 %	7 %	13 %	13 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
199 Kcal or 833 Kj	4 gr	36 gr	23 gr
10 %	2 %	3 %	3 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
39 Kcal or 163 Kj	1 gr	7 gr	4 gr
2 %	<1 %	1 %	1 %

% 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: Milk, Gluten, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 20 pieces : 1.85 €
Per piece : 0.09 €

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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: Pets de nonne, Gougères, Chouquettes, Saint Honoré cake, Valay-Brest, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Millefeuille, Rum babas, Strawberries with mint and cream, Ice-cream Vacherin, Peach Melba, ... All
	Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, Chestnut cake, 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: Galette de Fougerolles, Choux pastry (pâte à choux), ... All

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