Brandy custard choux buns recipe | delicious. magazine

Brandy custard choux buns recipe | delicious. magazine

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Raymond Blanc's boozy choux buns are the perfect sweet Christmas canapé. Make them in advance, then defrost in the oven when it's party time.

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Ingredients

  • 125g whole milk
  • 50g unsalted butter
  • 5g caster sugar
  • 150g plain flour
  • 4 medium free-range eggs, lightly beaten
  • 4 sugar cubes
  • 150g flaked almonds
  • For the brandy custard
  • 300ml whole milk
  • 1 vanilla pod, halved and seeds scraped out
  • 80g caster sugar
  • 150g free-range egg yolks (7-8 medium egg yolks)
  • 20g plain flour
  • 20g cornflour
  • 1 tbsp brandy
  • 150g unsalted butter at room temperature
  • Icing sugar to dust
  • You’ll also need…
  • 2 piping bags, one with a plain 1cm nozzle and another with a thin nozzle (or 2 disposable piping bags, one snipped 1cm up from the point and the other with just the point snipped off)

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