Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs


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 17th 2019

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Time required for this recipe:
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1 hour 8 min.10 min.25 min.1 hour 43 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 30 min.
Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs
Prepare 200 ml Chantilly cream.

Stage 2 - 3 min.
Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs
Gently fold 125 ml 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.
Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs
Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).

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

Stage 4 - 5 min.
Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs
Lay a sheet of cooking parchment on a baking sheet.

Prepare 350 ml 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.
Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs
Bake for about 25 minutes until the puffs are well risen and golden brown.

Stage 6 - 10 min.
Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs
Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Stage 7 - 10 min.
Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs
Using a serrated knife, slice each puff in half horizontally, trying not to spoil the domed top with its craquelin.

Stage 8 - 5 min.
Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs
Fill the puffs generously with the Mont-Blanc cream, using a forcing bag.

Stage 9 - 5 min.
Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs
Pop the lids back on the puffs and press gently to help them stick.

Stage 10
Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs
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 valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
1,545 Kcal or 6,469 Kj35 gr278 gr175 gr
77 %13 %26 %26 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
199 Kcal or 833 Kj4 gr36 gr23 gr
10 %2 %3 %3 %
Per piece
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
39 Kcal or 163 Kj1 gr7 gr4 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 40 pieces : 3.69 €
  • Per piece : 0.09 €

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This recipe uses (among others)
Choux pastry (pâte à choux)Choux pastry (pâte à choux): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Puits d'amour, Chouquettes, Saint Honoré cake, Pets de nonne, Gougères, ... All
Chantilly creamChantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bavaroise cream, Strawberry Charlotte, Viennese chocolate cups, Rice pudding with chestnuts and poached pears, St Tropez tart, ... All
Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons)Sweet chestnut purée (crème de marrons): You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chestnut mousse in a whipper , Chestnut moelleux, Little vanilla, clementine and chestnut verrines, Chestnut and hazelnut biscuits, Chestnut cake, ... All
Craquelin (sweet cracker dough)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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