Paris-Brest Cakes
From: Marie-Thé
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Servings: 250
IngredientsPreparation
  • 20 cups [5 L] milk
  • 2 1/2 pounds [1.150 kg] sugar
  • 15 eggs
  • 1 pound [454 g] flour
  • 1 pound [454 g] cornstarch
  • 1/2 pound [227 g] butter
  • 2 2/3 ounces [75 g] hazelnut pralines, finely chopped
  • 3 1/2 ounces [100 ml] white vanilla
  • Chou pastry
  • Whole hazelnut pralines
  • Heat milk and a little sugar.
  • Beat eggs with remaining sugar.
  • Add to milk mixture; mix in flour and cornstarch.
  • Beat well; add butter, stirring constantly until of confectioner's custard.
  • Cool, beat confectioner's custard with an electric mixer and add chopped hazelnut pralines and vanilla.
  • Prepare chou pastry; bake, shaped like and of the size of doughnuts.
  • Do not forget to decorate top of doughnut shaped chou pastries with whole hazelnut pralines before baking.
  • Half pastries and cover one half, using a piping nozzle, with thick enough confectioner's custard; cover with other half.