Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

-----------------------------------PUFFS-----------------------------------
1 1/2 ea sticks unsalted butter 1 ts sugar
1 1/2 c water 1 1/2 c sifted all-purpose flour
1/4 ts salt 6 ea large eggs

-----------------------------------GLAZE:-----------------------------------
1 ea egg beaten with 1 tsp water

--------------------------MOCHA CREME PATISSIERE:--------------------------
6 ea egg yolks 3 tb unsalted butter
1/2 c sugar 2 oz semisweet chocolate
1/2 c sifted all-purpose flour 2 ts instant expresso with 2 tsp
2 c milk

----------------------------------CARAMEL:----------------------------------
2 c sugar 2 tb corn syrup
2/3 c water

Preheat the oven to 425. To make the puffs, melt the butter in the water
with salt and sugar. Remove from heat, add the flour, return to heat and
beat vigorously for 2 to 3 minutes. (A film should form on the bottom of
the pan.) Cool slightly, and add eggs, one at a time, beating vigorously.
Using a pastry tube with a 1/2 inch opening, form 1-inch-high mounds, 3/4
inch in diameter, on parchment-lined baking sheet. Glaze and smooth the
tops. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until puffed and golden. Cool on racks.
To make the mocha cream, beat the egg yolks, gradually adding the sugar,
until mixture is thick and pale yellow. Beat in the flour, Scald the milk
and add in dribbles, reserving 1/2 cup for thinning. Return to clean pot
and stir vigorously over high heat until mixture boils and thickens. If it
seems too thick to pipe, add reserved milk. Remove from heat.
Add the butter, 1 Tbsp at a time. Melt the chocolate and add to mixture
with the expresso. Just before assembling croquembouche, inject the cream
into the puffs with a 1/4-inch pastry tip.
To make the caramel, bring sugar, water, and corn syrup to a boil over high
heat. Do not stir. Cover pan until steam dissolves any crystals. Uncover
and boil 5 minutes, or until syrup is amber. Remove from heat. Dip the
bottoms of the puffs, one by one, into the caramel and arrange in a pyramid
Cut the tip from a balloon whisk, dip into caramel, and whirl strands of
caramel around croquembouche to form a spun sugar web.

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