Profiteroles

profiteroles
profiteroles

Profiteroles

Here’s my simple way to get perfect profiteroles.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: French
Keyword: Choux pastry
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Cooling time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 4

Ingredients

Choux Pastry:
  • 50 g Butter
  • 125 ml Water
  • 85 g Plain flour
  • 2 Eggs
Chantilly Cream:
  • 300 ml Double cream
  • 2 tsps Vanilla bean paste
  • 40 g Icing sugar
Chocolate Ganache:
  • 150 ml Double cream
  • 100 g Dark chocolate

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 200℃.
  • Melt the butter over a medium heat. Then pour in the water and bring it to the boil.
  • Turn it back down to a medium heat, tip the flour in and whilst still over the heat, beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until the dough comes together and it starts to pull away from the sides.
  • Take it off the heat and set aside for ten minutes to cool down.
  • Once it has cooled, beat in the eggs one at a time until you have a smooth, thick and glossy mixture.
  • Grease and line two large baking tins. Use two teaspoons to make small balls, place them onto the baking tins a few cm apart. They will double in size.
  • Bake them for 18 minutes.
  • Take them out of the oven, then turn the oven down to 180℃.
  • Use a knife to cut a small hole in each profiterole, this will let steam escape.Place them back into the oven for a further 5 minutes, until they are golden and crisp.
  • Transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
  • Meanwhile, you can make the chantilly cream. Pour the cream into a large mixing bowl along with the vanilla paste and icing sugar. Beat it with an electric whisk until it holds stiff peaks. Be careful not to over whip it.
  • Place the cream into a piping bag, then once the pastry is cool, poke the nozzle into the slit you made earlier and squirt the cream into the middle.
  • To Make the chocolate topping, chop the chocolate into small chunks.
  • Pour the cream into a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
  • Pour the hot cream over the chopped chocolate and beat with a whisk until smooth.
  • You can dip each profiterole in the chocolate or drizzle it over, it is up to you.

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