I'm late again this month due to a bunch of lame occurrences this month (including being sick at the moment), but I'm so glad I ended up baking this recipe yesterday! The May 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Cat of
Little Miss Cupcake. Cat challenged everyone to make a piece montée, or croquembouche, based on recipes from Peter Kump’s Baking School in Manhattan and Nick Malgieri. I did try the choux recipe from the challenge, but sadly ended up with scrambled eggs. I think I cooked the dough for too long and then added the eggs too soon! Anyway, we had exactly the number of eggs left to make one more half-batch, so I turned to my trusty
Sherry Yard
cookbook to rescue me, since I've never had a recipe of hers fail.
I ended up with beautifully puffed choux, with a coconut pastry cream filling (just replace half the milk in any pastry cream recipe with coconut milk), dipped in dark chocolate. Heaven! And enough to sooth any problems you might be having. :) The recipes are available from
Cat.
they look great! Even with all your stress :))
ReplyDeletePoor you! Hope you're feeling better, and these lovely coconut puffs certainly would make me feel better!
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Coconut filling and dark chocolate are great combo. Love your darling little puffs!
ReplyDeleteAww I hope you're feeling better Sara! Get well soon! :D
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling better, the coconut filling must be delicious, Ill try it next time.
ReplyDeleteHope you start the way up as soon as possible, in all aspects of your life. Coconut cream patissiere... and chocolate... YUMMY! :-)
ReplyDeleteVery well done! Your cream puffs look so delicious!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Rosa
Sara,
ReplyDeleteI hope you will feel better soon. I am impressive that you even manage to finish the challenge. Well done!
Sara, these looks delicious!! I just went to Paris for the first time recently...these bring back good memories.
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