Almond Roca Pâte à Choux
Created by
Bree Ask Nelson
Need some ROCA?
Ingredients
Pâte à Choux
1 cup milk
2.5 oz butter
2 tsp sugar
¼ tsp salt
5 oz flour (sifted)
5 eggs
Filling
75g brown sugar
26g water
25g butter
51g cream
5 almond roca (chopped)
Chocolate Ganache
160g semi sweet chocolate
80g heavy cream
Topping
¼ cup sliced almonds
crushed Almond Roca
Directions
Heat milk, butter, salt, and sugar in a saucepan until it boils.
Add flour off heat and mix vigorously.
Return to medium heat and stir constantly to dry out the dough
Transfer to a mixer and beat until it's cooled slightly, then beat in eggs one at a time.
Pipe onto a lined sheet pan.
Bake at 400°F for 15 min, then at 350°F for 25 min.
For filling: heat the sugar/water/salt mixture for 3min. Let cool,, then fold in chopped Almond Roca.
Whip the cream and fold into the chocolate for ganache mixture. Let sit and sti.
Assemble: pipe filling into cooled puffs, top with chocolate and Almond Roca.

