Cream Puffs (Chocolate Cream Tower)

Name: Cream Puffs
Ingredients: Pastry dough for cream puffs, chocolate icing, and caramel: see below for Saint-Honor's cake recipe.; Chocolate sauce:; 125g of semisweet chocolate; 1/2 cup of water; 30g of unsalted butter or margarine

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Pastry dough for cream puffs, chocolate icing, and caramel: see below for Saint-Honor's cake recipe.
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Chocolate sauce:
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125g of semisweet chocolate
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1/2 cup of water
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30g of unsalted butter or margarine

Ingredients

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Pastry dough for cream puffs, chocolate icing, and caramel: see below for Saint-Honor's cake recipe.
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Chocolate sauce:
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125g of semisweet chocolate
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1/2 cup of water
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30g of unsalted butter or margarine

Directions

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Prepare the pastry dough for cream puffs and chocolate icing
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Bake the cream puffs in the oven for about 20 minutes
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When they're well risen and lightly browned, remove them and let them cool
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Make a small hole in each puff and fill it with chocolate icing using a piping bag
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Prepare the caramel and quickly dip each puff into it
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Assemble a tower by stacking the puffs that will stick together due to the caramel
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Prepare a chocolate cream by melting the chocolate in a bowl with water, then whisking in the butter or margarine
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Present the cream puff tower at the table and pour the warm chocolate over it, as your guests watch
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You can garnish with edible flowers or candied cherries
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