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Choux Crema Catalana
Executive Pastry Chef Nathaniel Reid
St. Regis Resort Hotel & Spa, Monarch Beach
DANA POINT, CA


INGREDIENTS 

[Pâte à choux]

12 3/4 oz water

12 3/4 oz milk

12 oz butter

1/4 oz salt

1/2 oz sugar

17 1/4 oz flour

26 1/2 oz eggs


METHOD

Classic preparation: pipe and place disk of brown sugar crust on top, bake   as normal.


INGREDIENTS 

[Brown sugar crust]

7 oz brown sugar

7 oz butter

7 oz flour


METHOD

Cream butter and sugar together. Next, add flour and sheet to 2 millimeters thick.


INGREDIENTS 

[Crema Catalana]

16 oz milk

1/5 oz lemon zest

1/5 oz orange zest

1 cinnamon stick

1/2 oz corn starch

3 2/3 oz egg yolks

Sugar to taste


METHOD

Infuse milk with zests and cinnamon for one hour. Strain milk and make similar to pastry cream. Cool and put sugar on cream and caramelize.


INGREDIENTS 

[Catalana mousse]

17 2/3 g Crema Catalana

1/5 g gelatin

14 g whipped cream


METHOD

Blend caramelized cream in mixer and add gelatin. Fold in whipped cream.


INGREDIENTS 

[Lemon confit]

8 3/4 oz lemon

8 3/4 oz sugar

METHOD

Blanch lemons for one hour. Cook with sugar to confit.


INGREDIENTS 

[Caramel sauce]

8 3/4 oz sugar

1 1/3 oz glucose

Pinch of salt

10 1/2 oz cream


METHOD

Caramelize sugar and glucose. Deglaze with salt and cream.


ASSEMBLY

Halve pâte à choux. Place lemon confit in bottom. Pipe Catalana Mousse on top, leaving a space in the middle. Place caramel sauce in the empty space. Place other half of choux back on top.


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