We will need these ingredients:
For the cream:
• 350 ml of milk,
• 100 g butter,
• 2 eggs,
• 4 tbsp. spoon of starch,
• 0,5 cups of sugar,
• 10 g of vanilla sugar;
For the dough:
• 60 g butter,
• 120 g flour
• 1 tbsp. spoonful of sugar,
• 3 eggs,
• 20 g almonds plates
• glass of water,
• a pinch of salt;
For decoration:
• 1 tbsp. spoon of powdered sugar.
Cooking method:
Cook cream cake, «Paris-Brest»
Connect starch, half the sugar, vanilla sugar and eggs.
Spread the mixture until smooth.
Connect the remaining milk with sugar and bring to a boil.
Gently, stirring constantly, pour a thin stream of hot milk into the egg mass.
Put the cream on low heat and, stirring constantly, cook until thick, but do not boil.
Completely cool the cream, cover it with a lid or foil to surface not formed crust.
The cooled cream, add the butter and beat with a mixer until smooth.
Prepare the dough for the cake, «Paris-Brest»
Connect water, sugar, salt and butter.
Bring the mixture to a boil to melt the butter completely.
Stir the flour and quickly mix a wooden spatula until a homogeneous smooth mass.
Slightly cool the mixture, and then stirring well, one enter the egg and knead stiff dough.
Bake the cake for the workpiece «Paris-Brest»
On a baking sheet, the laid paper for baking, cooking bag with the help of a syringe or squeeze the dough rings. The diameter of the rings must be 6 and 7 cm.
Top ring sprinkle with almond slices.
Bake cakes «Paris-Brest» in a preheated 200 ° C oven for 20 minutes until golden brown.
Completely cool cakes billet «Paris-Brest».
Assemble the cake «Paris-Brest»
Using a pastry bag, lubricate cream larger diameter ring.
Cover them smaller rings and sprinkle cake with powdered sugar.
Place the cakes «Paris-Brest» in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
Bon Appetit !!!
About the dish:
Creating a cake, «Paris-Brest», French pastry chef Louis Durand worked on glory.
Not only that, he has achieved amazing almond flavor, but also the shape of this masterpiece resembles a bicycle wheel.
After cake «Paris-Brest» was created in honor of the famous cycling tour of Paris-Brest-Paris 1891.
