Croquembouche (1)

12 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1¼ cup water
½ cup plus 2 Tbsp butter
1¼ cup flour
1 cup sugar
6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
5 eaches eggs at room temperature
2 cups cream whipped stiff
⅓ cup water
4 tablespoons butter

Directions

PUFFS

CARAMEL

CHOCOLATE

Use cream whipped stiff with sugar and vanilla, to taste.

Such a gorgeous dessert - you say it "croak-em-boosh" - you'll need a pastry bag with a ¼" tip to fill the tiny puffs with whipped cream.

Preheat oven to 375. Boil water and butter together. Remove from heat, ad flour all at once beating rapidly till dough forms a ball. (If it doesn't, put it back over medium heat and keep beating.) Cool 7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating frantically after each till dough is smooth. Butter and flour cookie sheets and drop by small teaspoonfuls 2" apart and bake 16 minutes until brown and puffed. Put a little slit in each one, put them back in oven for 10 minutes more. Cool completely. Fill them from bottom with whipped cream. Refrigerate till ready to assemble. Make the caramel and pile puffs into a pyramid using caramel as glue - dip bottoms. Make th chocolate and dribble it over all.

CARAMEL FILLING:

Bring to a simmer - swirl pan till sugar dissolves. Cover, bring to boil, when bubbles are thick, uncover and swirl till light brown - remove from heat.

CHOCOLATE TOPPING:

Stir constantly over low heat till melted. Sauce will harden as it cools.

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