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Vanilla-flavored Saint-Honoré

An ode to perfection and delicacy around the taste of vanilla: choux pastry baked in crisp croissant dough, a creamy vanilla custard, tender caramel, intensely flavored vanilla caviar, crowned by a light and delicately piped chantilly.

  • Pastry
Duration
2h30
Level
Expert
Content
16 videos

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Techniques covered

  • Scraping a vanilla pod
  • Chinoiser (straining)
  • Mixing with a hand blender
  • Infusing milk or cream
  • Making whipped cream
  • Shape a dough prior to the layering process
  • Making croissant dough
  • Kneading croissant dough with a mixer
  • Shaping butter prior to the layering process
  • Rolling out puff pastry
  • Making a single fold
  • Making a double fold
  • Creating a decoration using puff pastry with visible layer
  • Cutting puff pastry
  • Making puff pastry strips
  • Preparing an opaline
  • Making choux pastry
  • Piping with a tip
  • Baking choux pastry
  • Caramelizing with opaline
  • Making a soft caramel
  • Making a dry caramel
  • Filling a piece of choux pastry
  • Decorating using a piping bag
  • Whipping cream with a mixer
  • Piping a lace design
  • Assembling a dessert
  • Assembling a Saint-Honoré

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