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The Buckwheat Mille-feuilles

Difficulty : Difficult
4 persons
40 minutes

Ingredients for 4 persons

#1 · Crispy Galette

  • 3 Pure buckwheat galette
  • 30g of Melted butter
  • Icing sugar

#2 · Crème Diplomate

  • 200mL of Milk
  • 60g of Sugar
  • 2 Eggs yolk (or 40g)
  • 1 Gelatin leaf
  • 1 Vanilla pod
  • 25g of Butter
  • 20g of Maïzena (cornflour)
  • 200mL of Whipping cream

#3 · Caramel sauce

  • 80g of Sugar
  • 120g of Whipping cream
  • 40g of Semi-salted butter

Preparation

Difficulty : Difficult
4 persons
40 minutes

#1 · Crispy Galette

  • Using a mould, cut rectangles of buckwheat galettes.
  • Glaze with melted butter and cover of icing sugar.
  • Bake at 160° for 18 minutes between 2 baking trays.

#2 · Crème Diplomate

  • Re-hydrate the gelatin. Boil the milk with the vanilla pod.
  • Whisk the eggs yolk, sugar and Maïzena (cornflour) and pour the hot milk on the mix, stir and put it back on the heat.
  • Once it boils, remove from the heat, add the butter and gelatin. Cool.
  • Whip the whipping cream and incorporate it to the pastry cream. Fill it in a pipping bag.

#3 · Caramel sauce

  • Heat the cream.
  • Cook the sugar until brown, and pour the hot cream.
  • Add the butter, stir and set aside.

#4 · Assembly

  • Pipe peaks of Crème Diplomate on the galettes. Add some drops of caramel, overlay and repeat the operation.
  • Sprinkle with icing sugar to decorate.
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William Truong
Culinary Manager at Le Monde des Crêpes

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