Profiteroles

Tags: #dessert #french #choux #pastry #cream Serving: 20 pieces Total time: 90 minutes

Elegant French cream puffs filled with vanilla pastry cream and drizzled with chocolate sauce.

Ingredients

• 240ml water
• 85g butter
• 2g salt
• 125g all-purpose flour
• 4 large eggs
• 500ml milk
• 6 egg yolks
• 100g sugar
• 45g cornstarch
• 10ml vanilla extract
• 30g butter
• 200g dark chocolate, chopped
• 200ml heavy cream

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 220°C
2. Heat water, butter, and salt in saucepan
3. Bring to boil and add flour all at once
4. Stir vigorously until mixture pulls away from sides
5. Cool for 5 minutes
6. Beat in eggs one at a time until smooth
7. Pipe 20 small mounds on baking sheet
8. Bake for 20 minutes until golden and puffed
9. Reduce heat to 180°C and bake 10 minutes more
10. Cool completely on wire rack
11. Make pastry cream by heating milk
12. Whisk egg yolks, sugar, and cornstarch
13. Add hot milk slowly to egg mixture
14. Return to heat and cook until thick
15. Stir in vanilla and butter
16. Cool cream completely
17. Fill puffs with pastry cream using piping bag
18. Heat cream and pour over chocolate for sauce
19. Drizzle chocolate sauce over profiteroles

Notes

These classic French cream puffs rely on steam for their dramatic rise. Don't open the oven door during the first 20 minutes of baking or they may collapse.