Paris Brest
The most recent edition of pbp was held on 18 22 august 2019.
Paris brest. Lightly grease a large baking sheet with shortening and then dust lightly with flour. This french classic dessert was inspired by the paris brest bicycle race it s shaped like a bicycle wheel. Read the full recipe after the video. Put the milk salt sugar butter and 80ml 2 fl oz water in a pan and bring slowly to the boil over a medium heat until the butter has just melted.
When the mixture is bubbling remove quickly. We ve given a nod to springtime with rhubarb and fluffy whipped cream. Preheat oven to 425 degrees f 220 degrees c. The last time it was run as a race was 1951.
A paris brest is a french dessert made of choux pastry and a praline flavoured cream. A staple in any french pâtisserie paris brest consists of a ring of choux pastry that s been sprinkled with almonds and powdered sugar and filled with praline flavored cream. It was originally a 1 200 km 750 mi bicycle race from paris to brest and back to paris in 1891. Place a small pan containing about 2 3 cups of hot water onto the bottom of your oven directly onto the bottom of the oven to generate steam.
Paris brest is a french dessert created in 1910 in order to celebrate a cycling event a race from paris to brest and back to paris. Invented by chef louis durand in 1910 to commemorate the paris brest bicycle race this ring of choux pastry is traditionally filled with a hazelnut and almond cream. The legendary paris brest can nowadays be found in patisseries all over france and is a particularly potent symbol of two great french passions patisserie and cycling. You can t go wrong with pate a choux pastry cream and whipped cream.
Learning from the gruelling 1200km route henri desgranges racer and journalist organised the first tour de france using stages which allowed the riders to rest in 1903.