ReceptnaptárProfiteroles (chocolate cream puffs)
Profiteroles are the most popular dessert made from French choux pastry: hollow, crisp little puffs filled with whipped cream and drenched in warm chocolate sauce. Choux is simple, you just need to learn the technique: cook, beat, bake. The baked puffs can be made ahead.
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Ingredients
Method
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- Preheat the oven to 200 °C (180 °C fan) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Bring the water, milk, butter, salt and sugar to a boil in a saucepan. Add the flour all at once and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until the dough pulls away from the sides of the pan and forms a ball (about 1 minute).
- Let the dough cool slightly, then beat in the eggs one at a time with a mixer or by hand. Add just enough so that the dough is glossy, smooth and falls in a V shape from the spoon (2-3 eggs).
- Spoon the dough into a piping bag with a large round tip, and pipe walnut-sized mounds onto the parchment, 4 cm apart. Dip a finger in water and smooth the peaks.
- Bake at 200 °C for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 180 °C and bake for another 15-20 minutes until golden brown and firm. Do not open the oven door during the first 20 minutes. Remove, pierce a small hole in each puff to let the steam out, and cool on a rack.
- Whip the cream with the confectioners' sugar and vanilla until stiff, and fill the cooled puffs using a piping bag with a tip.
- For the sauce, pour the hot cream over the chopped chocolate and stir smooth. Stack the profiteroles into a pyramid and pour the warm sauce over them. Serve immediately.
A Receptnaptár original recipe. Calories and protein are estimated.
Tips
- Cook the dough in the pot until it pulls away from the sides.
- Add the eggs gradually, you may not need all of them.
- Do not open the oven in the first 20 minutes, or the puffs will collapse.
- The puffs can be frozen, re-crisp them in the oven for 5 minutes before filling.
Frequently asked questions
Why did the profiteroles collapse?
You opened the oven too early, or they were not baked through.
Can they be filled with ice cream?
Yes, with vanilla ice cream it is the classic French version.
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