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Croquembouche

by Ruby Tandoh
dessert
Yield: One croquembouche towerPrep: Two daysTotal: Two days
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/kitchen-notes/the-studied-carelessness-of-great-dessert?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Ingredients

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dairy
  • ○cream
  • ○chocolate-hazelnut custard
pantry staple
  • ○hard caramel
other
  • ○113small choux puffs

Instructions

  1. Bake 113 small choux puffs in five batches over two days.
  2. Fill the choux puffs with cream and chocolate-hazelnut custard.
  3. Construct a conical tower ten tiers tall using the filled profiteroles.
  4. Cement the tower with nearly two pounds of hard caramel.
  5. Encircle the tower with a moat of decorative, non-structural cream puffs.

My notes

The croquembouche is a labor-intensive dessert meant to impress guests with its elaborate construction.