Description
Delicious cake with a delicate violet cream. The cream has a unique floral aroma and taste. The French singing an ode to violet, she's so fragile, delicate and feminine. Donated a bunch of violets is a Declaration of love. Napoleon gave Josephine the day of the wedding fresh bouquet of violets. And cake "Paris-Brest" was invented by the pastry chef Lois Durand in 1891 in honor of the Bicycle race Paris-Brest - Paris with a length of 600 km! The cake has the shape of a ring of a Bicycle wheel. A delicious cake is the perfect complement to the holiday.
Ingredients
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Butter
200 g
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Sugar
100 g
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Yolk egg
3 piece
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Milk
250 ml
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Syrup fruit
6 Tbsp
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Flour
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Salt
1 handful
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Water
200 ml
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Chicken egg
3 piece
Cooking
Prepare the dough: water with a pinch of salt bring to a boil, introduce butter, melt, add flour, stir to avoid lumps, stirring constantly on low heat to brew the dough, the dough has to come off from the sides of the pan. Remove from the heat.
The dough cool slightly and add eggs one at a time, beat well, I shook the mixer with a test.
On the baking paper draw a circle 23-26 cm, pastry bag to squeeze out three rounds: two close and the third from the top.
Bake in preheated oven at temp of 180 g for 1 hour. During baking the oven do not open. I have some test and I did another 8 éclairs.
Prepare the cream:beat egg yolks with sugar min 7 to a state of light fluffy foam,
Put the milk on the fire. Add a little warm milk into the egg mixture, pour the flour, mix well. Stream pour the remaining milk into the egg mixture, stir, put on fire. Cook the cream until thick stirring constantly with a whisk. Cream to cool to room temperature.
Butter room temperature, beat the cream, add the violet syrup.
To assemble the cake: cut the ring in half, from pastry bag fill the bottom part with cream. Put up the rings. Cut the eclairs in half, fill with cream.
Decoration. I did not split hairs and just melted the chocolate and poured on top. Ready to put the cake in the freezer for 2 hours.
Bon appetit!
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