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Canelé De Bordeaux by Bruno Albouze
A well-known patisserie chef from Bordeaux, Bruno Albouze, claims that this canelés recipe is the best and the easiest! Try Canelé De Bordeaux!
Ingredients
For the Canelés de Bordeaux:
- 2 cups (500ml) milk
- 3 Tbsp (45g) unsalted butter
- 1 ea. vanilla bean, scrap out the seeds or 1 tsp (5ml) vanilla extract
- 4 ea. (80g) egg yolks
- 1/2 + 1/8 cup (120g) all-purpose flour + 3 Tbsp (30g) corn starch* *or a bit less than 1 cup (150g) cake flour
- 1 cup + 2 Tbsp (225g) granulated sugar
- 1.3 Tbsp (20ml) dark rum
- 1.3 Tbsp (20ml) Grand Marnier
How to make Canelé De Bordeaux by Bruno Albouze?
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1. Heat milk, vanilla, and butter to 185 (F°), or 82 (C°).
2. Whisk the egg yolks gently and pour the previously heated milk, vanilla, and butter mixture into it.
Tip: pour the milk mixture slowly and keep stirring so that it doesn’t cook the egg yolks.
3. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, starch, and sugar.
4. Pour the milk-yolk mix into the bowl with the mixed flour, starch, and sugar. Stir until the ingredients mix into a homogenous mass.
5. Add rum and the liqueur. Add the alcohol to the mix, stir a little more.
6. Transfer the batter to a clean airtight container, and place it in the fridge for at least 12 hours.
Tip: for a better texture, you can leave the batter in the fridge for even up to 48 hours.
12 hours later…
7. Preheat oven to 425ºF (220ºC).
Tip: If you’re using a convection oven, preheat it to 410ºF (210ºC)
8. Sieve the batter and leave it at room temperature for an hour before filling in the molds.
9. Grease the molds.
Apply butter generously and if you have, use an anti-stick baking spray.
10. Fill in the molds to about 0.20 inches (5mm) below the edge.
11. Bake for 25 mins at 425ºF (220ºC) temperature, then reduce to 380ºF (190ºC) and continue baking for another 30 mins.
Tip: If you’re using a convection oven, bake for 50 mins at 410ºF (210ºC) temperature.
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Recipe for caneles de bordeaux by Bruno Albouze
About the chef
Bruno Albouze was born into a family of food lovers. They lived in Bordeaux, France, and let the young chef help and experiment in the kitchen. At the age of 14, Bruno Albouze had already been working in a restaurant and studying culinary at Bordeaux college.
After graduation, Bruno Albouze stayed in Bordeaux, working in the patisserie and boulangerie field for the next 10 years. Later, he got a place as a head baker in the prestigious Plaza Athenee in Paris.
The patisserie chef then moved to the states, where he joined the Lenotre Culinary Institute and the Pavillon Elysee.
Up until now, Bruno Albouze works as a private chef and executive pastry chef in San Diego, California.
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