Recipes · French · Bakery
Religieuse
One serving has 518 kcal and 12 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of selenium (51%), choline (51%), riboflavin (43%), cobalamin (39%), vitamin A (37%) and phosphorus (34%). Ready in 90 minutes.
- Preparation: 60 min
- Cooking: 30 min
- Makes: 1 serving (222 g)
- Difficulty: Hard
- Diets: Vegetarian
- Contains: alcohol, dairy, egg, gluten
Ingredients
- 20 g Flour, all-purpose
- 18 g Butter, unsalted
- 35 g Eggs, whole, raw
- 75 g Milk, whole
- 12 g Egg yolks, raw
- 22 g Sugar
- 8 g Cornstarch
- 2 g Vanilla extract
- 10 g Chocolate, dark
- 20 g Water
- 0.3 g Salt
Method
- Makes 1 religieuse (multiply everything by 8 for a batch of 8). Melt 10 g of the butter in the water with the salt and 5 g of the sugar, bring to a boil, then tip in the flour and beat hard over low heat for 1 minute until it forms a smooth ball that pulls away from the pan.
- Off the heat, beat in the egg a little at a time until the choux dough is smooth, thick and glossy.
- Pipe or spoon one 5 cm round and one 3 cm round of dough onto a lined tray, spaced apart, and bake at 200 °C (400 °F) for 25 minutes until puffed, golden and hollow-sounding when tapped; cool completely.
- Make the pastry cream: whisk the egg yolk with the remaining 17 g sugar and the cornstarch, pour on the hot milk, return everything to the pan and cook over medium heat, whisking, until thick. Stir in the vanilla and chill.
- Split both choux buns and fill each with the pastry cream using a piping bag or teaspoon.
- Melt the chocolate with the remaining 8 g butter and dip the top of each filled bun in it; stack the small bun on the large one, using a dab of the glaze to stick them together, and let set.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 518 kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 53.7 g | |
| Water | 126 mL | |
| Fiber | 1.7 g | 6% |
| Protein | 11.7 g | 24% |
| Tryptophan | 0.14 g | |
| Threonine | 0.44 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.54 g | |
| Leucine | 0.93 g | |
| Lysine | 0.72 g | |
| Methionine | 0.28 g | |
| Cystine | 0.19 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.55 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.45 g | |
| Valine | 0.66 g | |
| Histidine | 0.28 g | |
| Fat | 28 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 8.8 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 2.1 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.03 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 1.6 g | |
| Saturated | 15.2 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.02 g | |
| Cholesterol | 307 mg | |
| Calcium | 136 mg | 14% |
| Copper | 0.27 mg | 30% |
| Iron | 3.1 mg | 17% |
| Magnesium | 40.5 mg | 13% |
| Manganese | 0.36 mg | 20% |
| Phosphorus | 237 mg | 34% |
| Potassium | 261 mg | 6% |
| Selenium | 28.2 µg | 51% |
| Sodium | 210 mg | |
| Zinc | 1.5 mg | 19% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.23 mg | 21% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.47 mg | 43% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 1.4 mg | 10% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 1.3 mg | 27% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.14 mg | 11% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 74.9 µg | 19% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.94 µg | 39% |
| Choline | 215 mg | 51% |
| Vitamin A | 260 µg | 37% |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 93.1 IU | 16% |
| Vitamin E | 1.3 mg | 8% |
| Vitamin K | 2.5 µg | 3% |
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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