Paris Brest Demystified: A Step-by-Step Guide to This Classic French Dessert (Easy Recipe)

almond cream

🥗Healthier: cashew cream

💰Cheaper: buttercream

Cashew cream offers a nut-free option while buttercream is more accessible.

dark chocolate

🥗Healthier: cocoa powder

💰Cheaper: milk chocolate

Cocoa powder reduces calories, while milk chocolate is often less expensive.

Make custard by combining milk, sugar, vanillin, egg yolks, and corn starch in a saucepan and cooking until thickened.

Prepare praline by cooking sugar and water until caramelized, then adding hazelnuts and butter until combined.

Make the dough by heating milk and water, then mixing in butter, flour, eggs, sugar, and salt until smooth.

Pipe the choux pastry into a ring shape on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake the pastry until puffed and golden, then allow to cool completely.

Construct the dessert by filling the pastry with the custard and praline cream, then decorate with almond slices and icing sugar.

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