Paris Brest

Servings: 4 Difficulty: Advanced
International-style sweet and satisfying dessert that brings home-style flavor to your table
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Paris Brest

Difficulty: Advanced
Servings: 4 Calories: 540.0

Description

This International dessert features Pastry Cream ** 1 1/2 c Flour, Water 7 lg Eggs, Butter 1 tablespoon Sugar, powdered, to dust. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.

Ingredients

Directions

  1. See recipe for Pastry Cream.
  2. Boil water in a pan with butter and salt.
  3. Add flour all at once and
  4. beat vigorously until dough pulls away from the sides of the pan and forms a ball.
  5. Off the heat, beat in eggs, one or two at a time, until incorporated and smooth.
  6. Put mixture into a pastry bag and pipe in a circle on a buttered and lightly floured baking sheet.
  7. Make another circle just inside the first, and a third on top of the first two.
  8. Preheat oven to 375 F (191&# 194;°C).
  9. Paint with melted butter and top with almonds.
  10. Place it in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
  11. Remove and cool on a cake rack.
  12. When cool, split horizontally and fill bottom ring with pastry cream.
  13. Replace top ring and dust with powdered sugar.
  14. Note: The preceding recipe is a basic pate a choux, or
  15. cream puff pastry, and it may be used in other recipes.
  16. : Box 71112, New Orleans, Louisiana - 1983 : Chef Daniel Bonnot, Louis XVI Restaurant, : Marie Antoinette Hotel, New Orleans

Nutrition Facts

Servings 4


Amount Per Serving
Calories 540.0kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 54.1g84%
Saturated Fat 33.1g166%
Cholesterol 129.0mg43%
Sodium 97977.3mg4083%
Total Carbohydrate 13.3g5%
Dietary Fiber 0.2g1%
Sugars 0.4g
Protein 2.3g5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

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