Grand, spectacular, imposing: Croquembouche is one of the finest and most iconic desserts of the French confectionery tradition.<\/p>\n
Monsieur Croquembouche, who we would call Mr Crunchy In Bocca, in fact, is a true institution of French cuisine: a complex dessert to be made, magnificent to look at and which is usually reserved for particularly important occasions such as Christmas celebrations or weddings.<\/p>\n
The Art de la Cuisine Fran\u00e7aise established the principles of French haute cuisine in 5 volumes published in the 1830s and its brilliant author, Marie Antoine Car\u00eame is none other than the inventor of Croquembouche.<\/p>\n
No wonder that such a refined dessert has a father so famous and appreciated even by the most powerful men in the world.<\/p>\n
In fact, Car\u00eame brought his passion for grandeur in the kitchen to the tables of princes, emperors and sovereigns such as Talleyrand, Tsar Alexander I and even George IV of England.<\/p>\n
The story of Marie Antoine and her Croquembouche has little to do with those culinary tales in which mistakes, oversights and randomness are mixed: it is the narration of legendary meticulousness.<\/p>\n
Croquembouche is ‘simply’ a pyramid of puffs filled with custard, Chantilly or whipped cream wrapped and supported by strands of exquisite crunchy caramel.<\/p>\n
The preparation is undoubtedly complex and articulated: first you need to prepare the choux pastry and bake the puffs, which will then be stuffed and dipped in caramel.<\/p>\n
To position them with the necessary precision, cone molds or folded cards are usually used, in order to obtain the perfect shape.<\/p>\n
Finally, only the hands of a true artist will be able to shape very thin strands of caramel to wrap the monument of pastries and create a beautiful nest of goodness.<\/p>\n
The majesty of the aesthetic impact is, in fact, an integral part of the Croquembouche, so much so that Monsieur Car\u00eame even needed one meter high!<\/p>\n
If you are fond of caramel but not exactly a starred chef, there is no need to despair.<\/p>\n
We at RivaReno have created a fresh ice cream of the day that combines the creamy consistency of salted caramel with the crunchy texture of hazelnuts in a truly unique delight.<\/p>\n
In addition, to intensify the flavor, before combining the two basic ingredients we caramelize the hazelnuts, so that the taste is more intense and the crunchiness ensured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grand, spectacular, imposing: Croquembouche is one of the finest and most iconic desserts of the French confectionery tradition. Monsieur Croquembouche, who we would call Mr Crunchy In Bocca, in fact, is a true institution of French cuisine: a complex dessert to be made, magnificent to look at and which is usually reserved for particularly important… View Article<\/a>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":8607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8612,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8611\/revisions\/8612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rivareno.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}