Saint-Honoré

Saint-Honoré

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Level:
Medium
Makes:
24 units
"One of my favorite creation! I was inspired to do a different shape, getting away from the traditional one and really showcase the puff pastry. Moreover, I used the Légère 1% Cacao Powder because it does not add any unnecessary fats and helps getting a better volume on the dough."
Conservation:
Room temperature : recommended

Puff pastry

Used products: Puff pastry

  • 540 g
    bread flour T55
  • 15 g
    Fleur de sel
  • 54 g
    egg yolks
  • 180 g
    water
  • 186 g
    cream
  • 270 g
    pastry flour T45
  • 750 g
    Butter for Book
  • 65 g
    DCP-01LEGER-E0

Preparation: Puff pastry

  1. Mix the bread flour, salt flower, egg yolks, water, cream and cacao powder, using a hook till the dough is combined.
  2. Reserve in refrigerator.
  3. Mix the butter and pastry flour.
  4. Reserve in refrigerator.
  5. Once cold, proceed to 6 single turns, refrigerate for 1 hour after each 2 turns.
  6. Cut and bake at 180°C for 35mIn.

Pastry Cream

Used products: Pastry Cream

Preparation: Pastry Cream

  1. Bring the milk to a simmer.
  2. Mix the cornstarch, sugar and cacao powder.
  3. Add to the egg yolks.
  4. Temper the egg yolks mix with warm milk.
  5. Bring to a boil.
  6. Pour over the chocolate.
  7. Blend.

Pate a choux

Used products: Pate a choux

  • 125 g
    Whole milk
  • 125 g
    water
  • 110 g
    butter
  • 5 g
    sugar
  • 5 g
    Fleur de sel
  • 140 g
    pastry flour T45
  • 197 g
    whole eggs
  • 20 g
    DCP-22PLARO

Preparation: Pate a choux

  1. Bring the milk, water, butter, sugar and salt flower to a simmer.
  2. Add the sifted pastry flour and cacao powder.
  3. Dry the paste on low heat.
  4. Transfer to a mixer with a paddle attachment.
  5. Add the eggs one at a time on low speed.
  6. Pipe and bake at 180°C for 45min.

Praline filling

Used products: Praline filling

Preparation: Praline filling

  1. Caramelize the sugar.
  2. Roast the hazelnuts.
  3. Pour the caramelized sugar over the hazelnut, nibs and fleur de sel.
  4. Blend to consistency.

Chantilly

Used products: Chantilly

  • 500 g
    cream
  • 40 g
    sugar
  • 3 Units
    Vanilla beans

Preparation: Chantilly

  1. Whip the cream and add sugar step by step to soft peak.
  2. Add the vanilla beans in the end.

Caramel

Used products: Caramel

  • 300 g
    sugar
  • 100 g
    water
  • 60 g
    glucose
  • 20 g
    DCP-22EXBRU

Preparation: Caramel

  1. Mix the cacao powder with water.
  2. Add sugar and glucose.
  3. Cook to 165°C.

Assembly

  1. Glaze half of the choux with the caramel.
  2. Fill the choux with the praline filling.
  3. Pipe a doll up of pastry cream into the puff pastry.
  4. Place a non glazed choux into the puff pastry.
  5. Top with a doll up of pastry cream.
  6. Pipe a layer of praline filling.
  7. Pipe Chantilly.
  8. Add a glazed choux.

TIPS : Do not overstack the layers of puff pastry, it will be too heavy for the puff pastry to rise.