Fondant Pâtissier

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Unlike rolled fondant used for covering wedding cakes, this pourable fondant patissier is perfect for glazing pastries like mille-feuille, éclairs, choux, donuts, and sugar cookies. With just water and sugar, you can create a glossy, smooth icing that will take your pastries to the next level.

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Used for mille-feuille and eclairs

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Fondant

Cook sugar, water and glucose to 244ºF/118ºC. Cool off bottom saucepan in cool water and wait until syrup temperature reaches 167ºF/75ºC. In the stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix syrup on low speed for a few minutes. The color is going to turn whiter and the mixture thicker. As soon as this begins to happen, stop mixer immediately. Keep an eye on it – it happens fast!. Transfer fondant mixture onto countertop using a metal dough scraper (wear household gloves). Work out fondant for a few minutes called ''graissage'' it should become more supple and glossy.

Glazing Mille-Feuille/Eclairs/Choux…

Heat up fondant to 104ºF/40ºC. Loosen up with some simple syrup (add it gradually) or use neutral glaze or apricot glaze. Fondant can be flavored with coffee extract or cocoa powder and colored with water based food colorings.

Storage

Keep fondant at room temperature in a sealed container or refrigerate for up to a year.

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