This pastry was born in honor of the famous eponymous cycling race.
It was created in 1909 by a pastry chef from Maison-Laffitte (on the way to the race) by Louis Durant.
It is also designed in the shape of a bicycle wheel.
The cake is actually a choux pastry garnished with a praline mousseline and garnished with slivered almonds.
Ingredients:
- choux pastry (4 eggs, 25 cl of water, 100 gr of butter, 150 gr of flour)
- 4 egg yolks
- 150 gr of sugar
- 100 gr of praline
- 25 cl of milk
- 100 gr of cream liquid
- 100 gr of butter
- Flaked almonds - Icing
sugar
1.
In a saucepan, put the water, the butter and add the flour
2.
Add the eggs off the heat and dry the dough well.
3.
Form a crown using a pastry bag, sprinkle with slivered almonds
4.
Bake at 180 ° for 45 min
5.
Let cool
6.
Make the cream: mix the egg yolks and the sugar
7.
Bring the milk to a boil
8.
Pour the egg mixture with sugar, whisking vigorously
9.
Add the butter and the praline and mix well
10.
Whip the whipped cream and incorporate it into the very cold mixture.
11.
Cut the cabbage wheel in half and garnish with cream.
12.
Sprinkle with icing sugar