Recipes · French · Cakes
Paris-Brest
One serving has 676 kcal and 15 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of manganese (70%), choline (59%), vitamin A (54%), selenium (53%), riboflavin (51%) and copper (48%). Ready in 68 minutes.
- Preparation: 40 min
- Cooking: 28 min
- Makes: 1 serving (233 g)
- Difficulty: Hard
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: dairy, egg, gluten, nut
Ingredients
- 20 g Flour, all-purpose
- 35 g Butter, unsalted
- 25 g Water
- 35 g Eggs, whole, raw
- 0.2 g Salt
- 8 g Almonds
- 60 g Milk, whole
- 15 g Egg yolks, raw
- 15 g Sugar
- 5 g Cornstarch
- 15 g Hazelnuts
Method
- Make a choux pastry as for éclairs: boil the water, butter and salt, stir in the flour to a smooth ball, cool slightly, then beat in the eggs.
- Pipe into a ring on a lined tray, scatter with the sliced almonds, and bake at 200°C (400°F) for 25-30 minutes until deeply golden and firm; cool completely, then split in half horizontally.
- Make a pastry cream with the milk, egg yolk, sugar and cornstarch as usual, then blend in the hazelnuts to make a praline flavour.
- Once the pastry cream is cool, beat in the softened remaining butter to make a light praline mousseline cream.
- Pipe the cream generously into the bottom half of the choux ring and replace the top.
- Chill briefly before serving.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 676 kcal | 32% |
| Carbohydrates | 42.7 g | |
| Water | 122 mL | |
| Fiber | 3 g | 10% |
| Protein | 15 g | 31% |
| Tryptophan | 0.18 g | |
| Threonine | 0.57 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.69 g | |
| Leucine | 1.2 g | |
| Lysine | 0.84 g | |
| Methionine | 0.33 g | |
| Cystine | 0.25 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.75 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.54 g | |
| Valine | 0.84 g | |
| Histidine | 0.39 g | |
| Fat | 51 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 21.1 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 4.7 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.04 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 4 g | |
| Saturated | 22.3 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.01 g | |
| Cholesterol | 374 mg | |
| Calcium | 158 mg | 16% |
| Copper | 0.43 mg | 48% |
| Iron | 3 mg | 17% |
| Magnesium | 62.5 mg | 20% |
| Manganese | 1.3 mg | 70% |
| Phosphorus | 291 mg | 42% |
| Potassium | 335 mg | 7% |
| Selenium | 29.4 µg | 53% |
| Sodium | 166 mg | |
| Zinc | 1.8 mg | 23% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.34 mg | 31% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.56 mg | 51% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 1.8 mg | 13% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.5 mg | 30% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.24 mg | 18% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 99.5 µg | 25% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.93 µg | 39% |
| Choline | 252 mg | 59% |
| Vitamin A | 380 µg | 54% |
| Vitamin C | 0.95 mg | 1% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 92 IU | 15% |
| Vitamin E | 6 mg | 40% |
| Vitamin K | 5 µg | 6% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.6 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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