Claire Saffitz Teaches Amateur How To Make Croquembouche | Dessert Person

Claire Saffitz Teaches Amateur How To Make Croquembouche | Dessert Person. In this episode of Dessert Person, Claire teaches her brother-in-law Nick, a dessert enthusiast but amateur baker, how to make Croquembouche. It’s a French tower of caramelized cream puffs and an exceptionally challenging pastry feat that combines lots of technique, precision, and architecture. What could go wrong! It’s an episode with a lot of learning, a lot of laughs, and a lot of stuck-on sugar, so check it out! #ClaireSaffitz​​ #Baking​​ #Croquembouche Croquembouche Special Equipment: Pastry bag fitted with 1/4-inch round tip, 1-inch round cutter Craquelin 1 stick unsalted butter (4 oz /113g), at room temperature 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar (5.3 oz / 150g) 1 cup all-purpose flour (4.6 oz / 130g) Pinch of kosher salt Assembly Pâte à choux (page 346), transferred to a pastry bag Pastry Cream, Chocolate Variation (page 322) 1 cup crème fraîche (8.5 oz / 240g) 3 1/4 cups granulated sugar (23 oz / 650g) Video Breakdown: 0:00​​ Start 0:06​​​ Intro to Claire Makes Croquembouche 0:11​​​ Nick San Filippo 0:36​​​ Dessert Person Intro Animation 0:54​​​ Explanation of Croquembouche / Brother-In-Law 2:17​​​ Ingredients & Special Equipment 3:08​​​ Make The Craquelin 5:33​​​ Roll out The Craquelin 7:07 Make The ​ Pâte à Choux 11:06​ Pipe The Cream Puffs 14:04​​​ Make Holes & Fill The Cream Puffs 16:32 Special Guest 17:25​​ Make The Caramel 18:51​ Dip Cream Puffs in Caramel 20:42 Build The Croquembouche 22:18 Outro/Recap 24:08 Milk & Brownies In A Tree Thanks for watching! Find Dessert Person Online: https://www.dessertperson.com​​​​​ Claire Saffitz on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/csaffitz/​​​​​ Dessert Person Merchandise: https://www.dessertperson.com/buystuf...​ For Other Penguin Random House Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/​​​​​ Dessert Person Cookbook Photographer: Alex Lau Food Stylist: Sue Li Prop Stylist: Astrid Chastka Video Series: Producer/Director: @VincentCross Camera Operator: Calvin Robertson Sound Engineer/Music: Michael Guggino Editor: Hal McFall Animation Credits: Character Designer/Animator: Jack Sherry Character Rigger: Johara Dutton Background/Prop Designer: M. Cody Wiley Background Illustrator: Jagriti Khirwar