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CROQUEMBOUCHE [1 record]

Record 1 2007-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pastries (Cooking)
DEF

An elaborate dessert composed of small, custard-filled cream puffs that are coated with caramel and stacked into a tall pyramid; the outside is then decorated with spun sugar and sugar flowers.

OBS

French for "crisp in the mouth" ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtisserie (Art culinaire)
DEF

Sorte de pièce montée, faite d'articles sucrés, au choix du pâtissier : quartiers d'orange, profiteroles, marrons, etc., mais toujours glacés de sucre cuit au dernier degré (grand cassé), ce qui les rend effectivement croquants en bouche.

Spanish

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