
Place a cocoa bean atop the tower as a garnish. Decorate with filigree of white icing as desired. Repeat with the smallest pastry in the green icing. Repeat with a medium pastry into the lavender icing, and place it, iced side up, atop the first ball. To assemble a Courtesan, dip a large ball of filled pastry in the pink icing (to the midline) and place icing side up on a small tray. Separate into 3 small bowls and add food coloring to each - one pink, on lavender, one pale green. Prepare sugar icing of confectioner's sugar, a dash of vanilla and enough milk to achieve the desired consistency. Once cooled, spoon the chocolate crème into a pastry bag and pipe into the large and medium pastry balls. Then add this mixture back into the rest of the hot milk, stirring over gentle heat for a few minutes until the mixture thickens to a custard. Add half of the hot chocolate milk to the bowl, a little at a time, stirring constantly. Whisk egg yolks, flour, sugar, cocoa and a few spoons of cornstarch into a smooth mixture. Heat the milk gently and add chocolate, stirring to melt into a rich, almost-steaming chocolate milk. Several large pieces semi-sweet chocolate Once cooled, the large and medium choux should be filled with a crème pâtissière of chocolate, egg yolks, and sugar. Remove from the oven and discreetly make a small piercing in the choux to allow the steam to escape. The smaller pastries are best put on a separate tray as they will cook more quickly. Bake in the oven at 350F(180 C) for about 25-35 minutes.

You will need small, medium, and large size pastry balls (large tablespoon, teaspoon and hazelnut size dollops) to make a courtesan. Allow to cool just enough to keep the eggs from cooking and stir in very gradually with a strong wooden spoon.Ĭover your tray in parchment and pipe the dough into spoon size dollops. Return to heat for a few minutes, stirring, and cook until the dough forms a single lump. Remove from the fire and quickly mix in the sifted flour. Though correct proportions may vary depending on one's elevation and humidity, we recommend:īring the water, butter salt and sugar to a boil. Make a choux pastry of flour, water, butter and eggs. However, the following has been collated and adapted from a several "pirate" sources in the Nebelsbad archives (including a 1963 recipe from the kitchen of the Grand Budapest Hotel using powdered eggs that was printed in the Lutz Daily Fact ). Dave Perillo - Courtesan Au Chocolat 2-color Screenprint on French Pop-tone BubbleGum PaperEdition of 5012 x 1830This limited edition print is part of. Crme Patisserie 400ml Semi-skimmed milk 80g Sugar 1 Large Egg 1 tsp Vanilla 48g Plain Flour 48g Unsalted Butter 2 tsp cocoa powder 20g Dark Chocolate.

The exact recipe for the Courtesan au chocolat has never been published or publicly disclosed as per the conditions of Herr Mendl's will.
