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Butter Cream

Butter Cream
  • For : cake filling
  • Time : 40 minutes
  • Difficulty :  medium

Ingredients for Butter Cream :

  • 8 egg yolks
  • 250 g sugar
  • 250 g cream butter
  • flavour:
  • coffee extract, chocolate powder or melted chocolate, etc...

Technical stages for Butter Cream :

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1

Prepare all the necessary ingredients.

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2

Mix the sugar with a bit of water.

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3

Bring to a boiling point and cook at 121°C (250°F). Using a sugar thermometer is useful but not compulsory. (You may simply dip the tines of a fork in the boiling sugar. If strings appear when you take it out, the sugar is ready).

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4

Clarify the eggs. Put the yolks in a mixer bowl. As soon as the sugar is cooked pour it slowly, beating at low speed, on the egg yolks.

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5

As soon as it is all combined beat at maximum speed until it completely cools down.

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6

Once cool, combine gradually the butter in small chunks.

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7

Beat thoroughly in order to obtain a soft and homogeneous cream.

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The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

Mixer Bamix M 140Mixer Bamix M 140   Special offer   129.20 Euro 109.00 Euro
Crèmes et FlansCrèmes et Flans 6.80 Euro
Pâte à ChouxPâte à Choux 39.00 Euro
Les buffets sucrés de l'école LenôtreLes buffets sucrés de l'école Lenôtre 39.90 Euro