Dunes blanches du Cap-Ferret

Name: Dunes blanches du Cap-Ferret
Total time: 70 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Bordeaux region
Ingredients: 250 ml (1 cup) water; 100 g (3½ oz) unsalted butter; 150 g (1¼ cups) all-purpose flour; 4 whole eggs; 400 ml (1⅔ cups) very cold heavy cream; 60 g (½ cup) powdered sugar; 1 vanilla bean, split and scraped; 50 g (¼ cup) pearl sugar

Cap-Ferret dunes blanches (cream puffs)

⏱ 70 minServes 6Hard420 kcal

A recipe from Le Chaudron — the cooking of France’s regions.

01 — Ingredients6 servings

250 ml (1 cup)water
100 g (3½ oz)unsalted butter
150 g (5 oz)all-purpose flour
4whole eggs
400 ml (1⅔ cups)very cold heavy cream
60 g (2 oz)powdered sugar
1 clovevanilla bean, split and scraped
50 g (2 oz)pearl sugar

250 ml (1 cup) water
100 g (3½ oz) unsalted butter
150 g (5 oz) all-purpose flour
4 whole eggs
400 ml (1⅔ cups) very cold heavy cream
60 g (2 oz) powdered sugar
1 clove vanilla bean, split and scraped
50 g (2 oz) pearl sugar

Serves 6. In the app, quantities adjust to the number of guests on their own — and the ingredients go straight to your shopping list.

02 — Equipment

1 heavy saucepan (18 cm / 7 in)

1 baking sheet (40 × 30 cm / 16 × 12 in)

1 roll of parchment paper

1 disposable piping bag

1 electric hand mixer

Oven

03 — Method

Bring the water and butter to a boil, then off the heat add the flour all at once and beat until the dough forms a ball.
Dry out over low heat for 2 minutes, stirring, then off the heat beat in the eggs one at a time until smooth and glossy.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Pipe 3 cm (1¼ in) puffs onto a parchment-lined sheet and sprinkle with pearl sugar.
Bake for 30 minutes without opening the oven for the first 25. They should be puffed, golden and dry.
Whip the cold cream with the powdered sugar and vanilla seeds to stiff peaks, starting slow and speeding up, about 4 minutes.
Pierce each cooled puff underneath and pipe in cream until it feels heavy.
Refrigerate and serve within 4 hours, dusted with powdered sugar and piled into a pyramid.