Profiteroles
Lulu Grimes shares the secret behind light, crisp profiteroles with a crème pâtissière filling and rich chocolate sauce
Difficulty and servings
Serves 6
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 40 mins
Cook 20 mins
Plus cooling
- Put 150ml water and the butter in a pan and bring to a simmer, until the butter is completely melted. Turn up to a boil. Sift the flour onto baking parchment, then shoot it off into the pan. Quickly add the sugar and beat with a wooden spoon until incorporated. Turn heat down, but keep beating until the mix turns smooth and glossy and starts to pull away from the walls of the pan. Tip into a bowl.
- Once the mixture has cooled slightly, beat in the eggs a little at a time. you might like to start with a wooden spoon then continue with electric beaters once the mix is less stiff. It should be smooth and stretchy and fall easily off a wooden spoon. If it reaches this stage before you've added all the eggs don't add the rest as it will be too runny to pipe.
- Heat the oven to 200c/fan 180c/gas 6. Line a couple of baking sheets with baking parchment, put a medium nozzle into a piping bag and spoon in the pastry mix. Pipe out 30 small heaps of pastry about the size of a pound coin. (If you don't have a piping bag put the mix in a strong plastic bag and snip the corner off, or use a teaspoon to portion it out). Wet your finger and press down the tip on each one. Bake for 20 mins or until golden and firm. Make a hole in the base of each with a skewer and leave to cool.
- Meanwhile, make the crème pâtissière. Put the cornflour and sugar in a bowl and stir in the eggs to make a paste. Add the split vanilla pod to the milk and bring to a simmer. Fish out the pod and scrape any remaining seeds into the mixture. Pour onto the egg mix, stirring, then return the lot to the pan (clean any milk solids off it first) and stir over a low heat until the mixture thickens. Pour into a bowl and cover with cling film (to stop a skin forming). Leave to cool.
- Once the profiteroles and filling are cool, put the crème pâtissière into the bag and pipe into the balls. Arrange them in dishes or a bowl and pour over the chocolate sauce.
Three ways to serve profiteroles
Fill with softened vanilla ice cream and pour over hot chocolate sauce. Stack them and pour over some caramel, instead of the chocolate sauce, to make a mini croquembouche. Stir chopped white chocolate into the crème pâtissière whilst it is still hot and use white chocolate to make the sauce for the topping.
Per serving
473 kcalories, protein 9.4g, carbohydrate 45g, fat 29.6 g, saturated fat 15.5g, fibre 0.7g, salt 0.21 g
Recipe from olive magazine, July 2010.
Leave a comment or suggestion
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/598629/
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/598629/
Your binder
Sign up or sign in to receive a £40 wine voucher, and to save, rate and comment on recipes. Plus, get our newsletter.
Ingredients
- 50g unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 60g plain flour
- 2 eggs , lightly beaten
- chocolate sauce, made by melting 100g dark chocolate with 3 tbsp golden caster sugar and 125ml double cream
FOR THE CREME PATISSIERE
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- 3 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 1 whole egg and 2 yolks (freeze the whites)
- 400ml milk
- 1 vanilla pod , split
In association with Ocado
Need to buy ingredients?
Let Ocado deliver what you need for this recipe, right to your kitchen table.
Search Good Food
Steak with chunky chips & horseradish cream
Spoil yourself with Mary Cadogan's classic steak supper - just five ingredients
0
ratings
Advertisement
Difficulty and servings
Serves 6
Preparation and cooking times
Prep 40 mins
Cook 20 mins
Plus coolingIngredients
- 50g unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 60g plain flour
- 2 eggs , lightly beaten
- chocolate sauce, made by melting 100g dark chocolate with 3 tbsp golden caster sugar and 125ml double cream
FOR THE CREME PATISSIERE
- 3 tbsp cornflour
- 3 tbsp golden caster sugar
- 1 whole egg and 2 yolks (freeze the whites)
- 400ml milk
- 1 vanilla pod , split
Per serving
473 kcalories, protein 9.4g, carbohydrate 45g, fat 29.6 g, saturated fat 15.5g, fibre 0.7g, salt 0.21 g
Advertisement
Your binder
Here are three other great reasons why to sign up:
- You get an online binder, where you can store all your favourite recipes and create menus.
Latest comments and suggestions
17 September 2010
Yvie commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
27 November 2010
Lucie rated this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
05 December 2010
Jenny commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
13 March 2011
SamanthaH rated and commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
10 July 2011
Beppie1 rated and commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.
16 December 2011
michelle b commented on this recipe
Flag as inappropriate
Please let us know your name and the reason you find the above comment inappropriate.