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St. Honore Tartelettes

St. Honore Tartelettes

St. Honore is a famous French dessert and these tartlettes are inspired by it, combining choux with tart shells and delicious fillings.
Servings :8
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients
  

Pate sucree:

  • 120 g butter (chilled and cubed)
  • 270 g all-purpose flour
  • 1 g salt
  • 60 g powdered sugar
  • 30 g almond flour
  • 50 g whole eggs
  • 1 g vanilla extract

Caramel ganache:

  • 160 g white sugar
  • 60 g glucose syrup
  • 310 g heavy cream
  • 340 g milk chocolate
  • 10 g Amaretto liqueur

Vanilla chantilly:

  • 175 g heavy cream
  • 1/2 vanilla bean
  • 15 g glucose syrup
  • 60 g white chocolate
  • 2 g gelatin + 10g water

Craquelin:

  • 50 g butter (room temperature)
  • 60 g light brown sugar
  • 60 g all-purpose-flour

Pate a choux:

  • 100 g milk
  • 100 g water
  • 10 g white sugar
  • 2 g salt
  • 80 g butter
  • 120 g bread flour
  • 240 g whole eggs (+/-)

Praline diplomat:

  • 300 g milk
  • 60 g egg yolks
  • 80 g white sugar
  • 30 g cornstarch
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 4 g gelatin + 20g water
  • 80 g praline paste
  • 3 g vanilla extract
  • 200 g heavy cream (whipped to stiff peaks)

Instructions
 

Pate sucree:

  • Combine the dry ingredients in the bowl of your mixer.
  • Add the butter and mix until the mixture looks sandy and the butter is broken into very small pieces.
  • Add the egg and vanilla, all at once and mix just until the dough comes together.
  • Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 6 hours.
  • Once chilled, transfer on a floured working surface and roll it into a 2mm thick sheet. Place the dough in your tart ring and press it lightly to line the ring well.
  • Puncture the bottom of the tart with a fork to allow steams to escape then freeze for at least 10 minutes.
  • Bake in the preheated oven at 170C for 15-20 minutes or until slightly golden brown. Allow to cool down.

Caramel ganache:

  • Heat the cream and glucose.
  • Caramelize the sugar until dark golden brown. Remove from heat.
  • Deglaze with the hot cream and stir until smooth.
  • Pour over the chocolate and emulsify it with a hand blender.
  • Pour into the baked tart shells, filling them to the top.
  • Refrigerate for 6 hours to allow to crystallize and set.

Chantilly cu vanilie:

  • Heat up the cream with vanilla and let it infuse for 10 minute.
  • Bloom the gelatin in water.
  • Melt the chocolate then combine it with the rest of the ingredients.
  • Remove the vanilla bean and emulsify with a hand blender.
  • Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 6 hours before using.

Craqeulin:

  • Mix the sugar and butter for 2 minutes.
  • Add the flour and mix.
  • Spread the dough between two sheets of baking paper until it is very thin, around 1-2mm.
  • Freeze it until needed.

Pate a choux:

  • Combine the milk, water, salt and sugar, as well as butter in a saucepan.
  • Place on heat and bring to a boil.
  • Remove from heat and add the flour, all at once.
  • Mix well with a spatula then place back on heat and cook for 2 more minutes on medium heat.
  • Transfer to the bowl of your mixer. Turn the mixer on low heat until the dough starts to cool down.
  • Add the eggs, bit by bit, mixing well.
  • The dough is ready when it pours off a spatula, but still looks stiff. It also looks shiny and smooth.
  • Pipe small choux using a plain nozzle. The size depends on the size of your tartelettes. Usually between 2 and 4cm diameter.
  • Take the craquelin out of the freezer and cut small discs slightly bigger then the choux. Place on top of each choux.
  • Bake at 160C for 35-40 minutes.
  • Allow to cool down.

Praline diplomat:

  • Heat the milk in a pot.
  • Bloom the gelatin in water.
  • Mix the yolks with sugar and salt. Add the cornstarch.
  • Pour in the hot milk, slowly, then place back on heat and cook until it thickens, plus one more minute to cook off the starch.
  • Remove from heat and add the gelatin and praline.
  • Cool down in the fridge for a few hours then mix to loosen up the cream.
  • Add the vanilla and whipped cream.
  • Use part of this cream to fill up the choux.
  • Spoon the rest of the cream in pastry bag fitted with a star pastry tube.

To finish the tartelettes:

  • Whip up the chantilly until airy and stiff. Pipe a dollop of chantilly in the center of the caramel ganache.
  • Arrange around the chantilly 3 choux.
  • Pipe a border of praline diplomat between each choux.
  • Decorate as you wish.
  • Enjoy!
Keyword Caramel, Chocolate, Pate a choux