Paris-Brest **

Name: Paris-Brest **
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 oz. (30 g) hazelnuts, whole or roughly chopped; Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting; 1 tsp (5 ml) rum or coffee extract; 1 stick + 3 tbsp (5½ oz./160 g) butter, well chilled and diced; 3 oz. (80 g) almond-hazelnut praline paste; 9 oz. (250 g) pastry cream; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 6 oz. (180 g) choux pastry dough; ⅔ cup (1¾ oz./50 g) sliced almonds; 1 oz. (30 g) sliced almonds

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

Choux rings

6 oz. (180 g) choux pastry dough
1 egg, lightly beaten

Europe
France
Cake
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C/Gas Mark 6).
To prepare the choux rings, draw an 8-in. (20-cm) circle on 2 sheets of parchment paper, using a pencil. Place on the cookie sheets with the pencil marks underneath.
Transfer the choux pastry doug