Authentic Butter Cream (Pâte à Bombe)

Name: Authentic Butter Cream (Pâte à Bombe)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 200 grams Unsalted butter; 50 grams Egg yolk; 40 grams Granulated sugar; 20 ml Water; 1 tbsp Your preferred liquour, such as rum or curacao

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I created this butter cream taking various pastries into consideration, wanting something that used egg yolks and works well with macarons. I made this with a moderate sweetness.

This is the butter cream recipe that transformed my liking for butter cream.

A pâte à bombe is a pasteurized egg yolk cream with hot syrup (sugar water) added to it. Pasteurization is the first objective of the process, but it also produces a richly flavored butter cream.
You can keep this in the refrigerator for 7-10 days.
I keep a stock in the refrigerator and use it whenever I need it. Recipe by *ai*

I created this butter cream taking various pastries into consideration, wanting something that used egg yolks and works well with macarons. I made this with a moderate sweetness.

This is the butter cream recipe that transformed my liking for butter cream.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I created this butter cream taking various pastries into consideration, wanting something that used egg yolks and works well with macarons. I made this with a moderate sweetness.

This is the butter cream recipe that transformed my liking for butter cream.

I created this butter cream taking various pastries into consideration, wanting something that used egg yolks and works well with macarons. I made this with a moderate sweetness.

This is the butter cream recipe that transformed my liking for butter cream.

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Ingredients

200 gramsUnsalted butter
50 gramsEgg yolk
40 gramsGranulated sugar
20 mlWater
1 tbspYour preferred liquour, such as rum or curacao

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Steps

1

Bring the butter to room temperature.
2

To create a basic pâte à bombe: beat the egg yolks with a whisk until they become thick and white.
3

Add water and the granulated sugar to a small frying pan or pot. Boil while occasionally lifting the pan off of the heat and shaking it, taking care not to let it scald.
4

If you have a thermometer, the ideal temperature for Step 3 is about 110-120℃.
5

From here, you'll have to work quickly, so there are no more pictures, but you want to heat the sugar to a point right before it becomes caramel. Ideally, it should be slightly sticky.
6

Gradually beat in the sugar from Step 3, just before it reaches a candied state, a little at a time to the egg yolks from Step 2.
7

In Step 6, if you add too much at once, the egg yolk with stiffen like candy on the spot. Imagine adding it slowly to the center of the whisk.
8

In Step 6, be sure to add the Step 3 syrup while it's still hot. This is an important step for pasteurize the egg yolks.
9

Continue to beat Step 8 until it's cooled. This completes your basic pâte à bombe. It should be thick enough for you to write letters as it drizzles off a spoon.
10

Knead the butter from Step 1 into a sticky paste-like texture.
11

Add the butter from Step 10 to the egg mixture in Step 9 in 3-4 parts and knead until smooth. This completes your basic butter cream.
12

Now you should have a light and fluffy cream. If it's a little too soft, then cool it in the refrigerator before use.
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There's no limit to the variations you can make!! Add jam, fragrance, or western liquor, and enjoy coming up with your own flavor.
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I published "Caramel Butter Cream using a Pâte à Bombe". Definitely give this one a try for macarons.
15

I improved the recipe by reducing the sweetness of the pâte à bombe by a half. I also reduced the water amount by a third to simplify the pasteurization process.
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If you prefer a sweeter version, use 80 g of granulated sugar with 30 ml of water.