Croquembouche

Croquembouche

Jean-Philippe Walser
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1h30
9
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A spectacular croquembouche made of small caramel-glazed choux, assembled on a podium and rings of nougatine with sliced almonds, enhanced with a pastillage decoration.
Croquembouche
Completion time
Preparation
1h30
Baking
0h40
Resting
2h
Techniques taught
  • Calculating nougatine quantity per person for a croquembouche
  • Knowing the optimal choux size for a croquembouche
  • Choosing choux filling for a croquembouche
  • Storing choux
  • Piping with a tip
  • Baking choux pastry
  • Piping choux
  • Piping choux
  • Making a panade
  • Glazing a choux
  • Making a water-based caramel
  • Controlling the color of caramel
  • Using a thermometer
  • Removing bubbles from caramel
  • Diluting caramel
  • Making nougatine
  • Making a glucose caramel for nougatine
  • Controlling the color of caramel
  • Keeping nougatine at working temperature
  • Rolling out nougatine
  • Cutting nougatine
  • Keeping nougatine at working temperature
  • Trimming nougatine
  • Storing nougatine
  • Rolling out nougatine
  • Cutting nougatine
  • Keeping nougatine at working temperature
  • Trimming nougatine
  • Storing nougatine
  • Gluing elements with isomalt
  • Gluing choux with isomalt
  • Assembling a choux podium
  • Assembling a croquembouche
  • Using a piping cornet
  • Gluing elements with isomalt
  • Gluing choux with isomalt
  • Assembling a croquembouche
  • Assembling a choux ring
  • Gluing elements with isomalt
  • Assembling pastillage pieces
  • Assembling a croquembouche
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Step 1 : Calculating sizes and quantities for a croquembouche

Jean-Philippe Walser
Jean-Philippe Walser
Pastry Chef instructor | World Champion of Croquembouche
Pastry Chef instructor | World Champion of Croquembouche

Step 2 : Choux for croquembouche

Step 3 : Caramel glazing of the choux

Step 4 : Flaked almond nougatine

Step 5 : Flaked almond nougatine discs

Step 6 : Flaked almond nougatine rings

Step 7 : Assembling the podium

Step 8 : Assembling the rings

Step 9 : Final assembly of the croquembouche and pastillage decoration

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