COFFEE RELIGIEUSES / RELIGIEUSES AU CAFÉ YIELD | 30 RELIGIEUSES Religieuses are cream puffs filled with pastry cream and glazed with fondant, like an éclair But what’s really special is that there are two cream puffs, a large one and a small bonus puff that sits on top Fondant and piped teardrops of butter cream or pastry cream enriched with butter (mousseline) hold the two together The resulting pastry is very attractive, almost like a small wedding cake This recipe will yield 30 religieuses If you don’t want to make that many, cut the quantities for the pastry cream and fondant in half Make a full recipe of choux pastry but pipe and freeze other shapes with half of it Although you can do this recipe in 1 day, you can also make the cream puff shells the day before, which will lighten your workload when you assemble the religieuses Make sure to bake the cream puffs long enough so that they dry out completely Otherwise they will get soggy as soon as ... want to make that many, cut the quantities for the pastry cream and fondant in half Make a full recipe of choux pastry but pipe and freeze other shapes with half of it Although you can do this recipe in 1... bonus puff that sits on top Fondant and piped teardrops of butter cream or pastry cream enriched with butter (mousseline) hold the two together The resulting pastry is very attractive, almost like a small wedding cake... day, you can also make the cream puff shells the day before, which will lighten your workload when you assemble the religieuses Make sure to bake the cream puffs long enough so that they dry out completely Otherwise they