Croquembouche
A croquembouche or croque-en-bouche is a a traditional French dessert. The name comes from the French words croque en bouche meaning 'crunch in the mouth'.
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This is form of choux pastry that is generally served as a high-piled cone of chocolate, cream-filled profiteroles all bound together with threads of caramel. It is also decorated with sugared almonds, chocolate, flowers, or ribbons. Sometime it may also be covered in macarons or ganache[1][2].
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This croquembouche was invented[citation needed] by Antonin Carême and is often served at weddings, baptisms, and first communions.
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On March 6, 2009 alumni of the Pune-based Maharashtra State Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology entered the Limca Book of Records after creating the India's biggest croquembouche. It was recorded to be standing 15-feet tall[3] .
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- ^ Tacey Rosolowski, "Dessert time"
- ^ Croquembouche Delicious Magazine
- ^ "Catering institute alumni create record". The Times of India. 6 March 2009. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-03-06/pune/28036623_1_croquembouche-chefs-limca-book. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
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