Description
An impressive and festive Cream Puff Wreath dessert that combines light choux pastry with white chocolate and sugared cranberries, perfect for holiday gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (for cranberries)
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (for coating cranberries)
- White chocolate (for coating)
- Pastry cream, stabilized whipped cream, or custard (for filling)
- Powdered sugar (for dusting)
- Fresh rosemary (for garnish)
Instructions
- Prepare sugared cranberries: In a saucepan, combine water and granulated sugar. Bring to a gentle simmer, add cranberries, and simmer until slightly softened. Toss in remaining granulated sugar and let dry.
- Melt chocolate: Melt white chocolate in a microwave or double boiler until smooth.
- If making choux from scratch: Pipe rounds and bake until golden. For store-bought puffs, ensure they are at room temperature.
- Fill the puffs with your desired filling.
- Dip filled puffs in melted chocolate, coating thoroughly.
- Assemble the wreath by arranging the chocolate-coated puffs in a circular pattern on a serving platter.
- Decorate with sugared cranberries, rosemary, and dust with powdered sugar just before serving.
- Store any components properly up to 3 days and assemble before serving.
Notes
Feel free to customize with different fillings and chocolate coatings. Best to assemble just before serving to keep puffs fresh.
- Prep Time: 60 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 20mg