To prepare vanilla pastry cream, dissolve cornstarch completely in 1/4 cup of milk. Beat in egg and egg yolks. Combine thoroughly.
Combine the remaining milk with sugar in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
Pour 1/3 milk mixture into the egg mixture, whisking constantly to avoid eggs to curdle.
Return remaining milk to boil. Pour egg mixture in a stream and continue whisking, until the cream comes to a boil again and starts to thicken.
Remove from heat, and pour the cream through the strainer. Stir in butter and vanilla. Place a piece of plastic wrap directly over the surface of the custard, cool to room temperature and then chill for at least 6 hours.
To prepare puff pastry, preheat over to 425F, and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Combine water, butter, salt and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir occasionally.
Once boiled, reduce heat to low and stir in flour vigorously with a wooden spoon, until the dough is no longer sticking to the sides of the pot. Scrape the mixture to a food processor.
Add one egg at a time through the feed tube to the mixture while the food processor is mixing.
Transfer mixture to a big pastry big fitted with a plain tip. Pipe 1 inch dots onto parchment paper. Wet your finger in cool water and tap any points on the batter.
Bake for 13 minutes. Let cool completely.
Spoon the pastry cream into a bag fitted with a small plain tip. Insert the tip into the bottom of a puff pastry and pipe about one teaspoon of pastry cream into it. Repeat with the remaining. Chill the cream puffs for about an hour or a day before you are ready to assemble.
To prepare caramel glaze, bring the water, sugar and corn syrup up to a boil in a small pot over high heat and continue to boil, uncovered and without stirring, and occasionally brushing the sides of the pot with water, until it is a light amber color.
To assemble the tower, carefully dip puff pastry in caramel sugar and stack one of top of another to make a cone. Dip a fork in the caramel and carefully drizzle sugar around the outside.
To assemble a tower, my suggestion is to lay out your unfilled puffs in a practice design to get a feel of how to assemble the final dessert. Just to see which pieces fit together best.
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Serving Size: 1 Serving (94g) | ||
Recipe Makes: 8 Servings | ||
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Calories: 180 | ||
Calories from Fat: 109 (61%) | ||
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Amt Per Serving | % DV | |
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Total Fat 12.1g | 16 % | |
Saturated Fat 7.5g | 37 % | |
Monounsaturated Fat 3.1g | ||
Polyunsanturated Fat 0.6g | ||
Cholesterol 31.3mg | 10 % | |
Sodium 105.3mg | 4 % | |
Potassium 104.8mg | 3 % | |
Total Carbohydrate 15.4g | 5 % | |
Dietary Fiber 0.8g | 3 % | |
Sugars, other 14.6g | ||
Protein 2.8g | 4 % | |
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Calories per serving: 180
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