Today we're going to teach you how to make a really stunning French dessert, a croquembouche.
This showstopper can look pretty intimidating, but combines some simple baking techniques with ingredients most people already have in their pantry.
So let's give it a whirl.
A croquembouche is a tower of cream puffs topped with caramel.
So let's break it down a bit.
There are three main steps.
We need to make a custard, a pâte à choux, and a caramel.
The first step is making the custard, since that takes a while to chill.
So first, add the milk and vanilla bean to a pot over medium-high heat and bring that to a boil.
We use two vanilla beans with a seed scrape to really infuse the milk.
