Croque en bouche is painful!

By Tina on 14th June, 2009 | Filed under house & home

So SOMEONE (read: silly me!) had the bright idea to try and make a croque en bouche, just like the cooks on Masterchef Australia. I followed this recipe which looked easy enough…

I was concentrating hard on making the choux pastry so there are no photos of that part…but the little profiteroles turned out ok…until I pierced them to let the steam out and they kinda collapsed:

While they were cooling, I made the custard…from scratch, thank you very much!…and then filled the profiteroles:

It wasn’t until I started thinking about assembling my tower that I realised that I didn’t have anything cone-like to mould it! So my darling ~~Macgyver~~ Bill made me a cone out of chicken wire and baking paper and I was able to mould to my heart’s content with the caramel:

After letting it set, removing the baking paper proved to be a little challenging and unfortunately it seemed unable to stand on it’s own…yes, that is Bill’s hand trying to hold it up while I took a photo LOL

And while it didn’t have the delicious-sounding crunch like those made on Masterchef, it still tasted freakin’ awesome!

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Dear friend

Oh yes it tasted good people. I am so full i'm hurting from Tina's masterpiece. Thanku for letting me be a part of the taste testing. Yummo!!

Tina Gray (mummifiedx5)

Mmmmm nom nom nom!
BUT....would have been better if they were crunchy!

Susan @ Reading Upside Down

You've inspired me. I almost made profiteroles this weekend, but chickened out. I think I will take it in stages. Profitteroles first, then I will move on the croquembouche once I have perfected stage 1.

Well done Bill for being so resourceful. Is there any problem that can't be solved with chicken wire, cable ties, a penknife and/or bluetack?

Christine

YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have more guts than me LOL Loooks sooo gooooooooooooooood. *drools a little* btw, am taking my "before" shots tonight and should be posted tonight or tomorrow. :)

Petula

You were working hard in the kitchen! :) I'm glad it was tasty. It's good when something in the kitchen doesn't work out quite right, but still tastes good.

Diane

It looks really yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you going to join me in clean your house on my blogsite???????

Danielle

Is that what Brie was making on Desperate Housewives when she was videoing her cooking show? Looks yummy. Who cares if it stands up if it tastes good?!

Tina Gray (mummifiedx5)

I must have missed that episode of Desperate Housewives so I'm not sure. It
did taste scrumptious so I'm not fussed that it collapsed! lol

Elodie

Hello ,
If I can You don't need a "cone like to moud in" .
First you have to make the puff and let them cool for a day and you have to make them a little dry !!!
Then you make the cream and let it cool too
The next day you fill the puff and make a caramel and you have to stuck the puff one to each other and go up :) And it'll look fantastic :)

Sorry for my mistakes but I'm french , it's not an excuse but it explain LOL :)