The Religieuse
The religieuse (“nun” in French - because of the resemblance to a nun in a habit) reportedly originated in the mid-nineteenth century, as did many other pastries made from pâte à choux, like the éclair. The pastry batter itself has a much longer history. The first iteration of the batter was invented in 1540 by Panterelli, the Florentine chef of the Florentine queen of France, Catherine de’ Medici. Over time different pastry chefs refined the recipe. Here is our version. We hope you will enjoy it.

CHOUX PASTRY
Boil
50 g Whole Milk - 115 g Water - 4 g Caster sugar - 2 g Fleur de Sel ( French Sea Salt ) - 66 g Charentais butter A.O.C.
Add
110 g T45 Flour
Add in (half at a time)
165 g Eggs
Pipe 15 bases and 15 tops.
Heat the oven to 270°C then immediately turn down to 165°C and cook.
CRUNCHY BISCUIT
Mix
30 g Fresh butter - 30 g Flour - 30 g Icing sugar
Roll out the dough (3mm thick) and cut out circles (30mm Ø).
Place one on top of each base cream puff and bake at 180°C (356°F) for 30-45 mn.
RASPBERRY PASTRY CREAM
Prepare a pastry cream
350 g Raspberry puree - 40 g Egg yolks - 20 g Caster sugar - 10 g Custard powder - 20 g Fresh butter
Pour over
30 g ZéphyrTM white chocolate - 10 g Mycryo® Cocoa butter
Cool down quickly.
Mix before filling the chou.
STRAWBERRY FRUIT JELLY
Cook at 40°C (104°C)
122 g Mara des bois puree
Add the following mix
3 g Yellow pectin - 13 g Caster sugar
Add in (a third at a time)
130 g Caster sugar - 30 g Glucose
Cook at 76° Brix or 108°C
Remove from the oven and add 1,5 g Tartaric acid
Pour into a Flexipan® mould 5mm thick.
STRAWBERRY COULIS
Mix and heat at 50°C
125 g Strawberry puree - 19 g Caster sugar - 3 g Alginate - 1 g Xanthan gum
Let it rest in the fridge and mix before using.
Add 50 g Diced Mara des bois strawberries
FINISHING
Glaze the choux with some red coloured fondant.
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