Chocolate Paris-Brest

Name: Chocolate Paris-Brest
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 75 g (3 oz) Praline; 25 g (1 oz) cocoa powder; 300 ml (½ pint) double cream; 5 eggs (size 2); 25 g (1 oz) icing sugar; 100 g (3½ oz) lightly salted butter; 150 g (5 oz) plain flour; 250 ml (8 fl oz) water; Chocolate Crème Patissiere; a pinch of salt; 25 g (1 oz) flaked almonds; cocoa powder

Preparation info

Serves
12

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

An impressive golden choux pastry ring, encrusted with almonds and filled with two different chocolate creams.

Ingredients

For the choux pastry

150 g (5 oz) plain flour
100 g (3½

Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Oven temperature Gas Mark 6/200°C/400°F

Preheat the oven. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment. Draw a 20 cm (8-inch) circle on both papers. Sift the flour on to a square of baking parchment. Place the butter and water in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and slowly brin