Profiteroles

Name: Profiteroles
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 150ml water; 65g butter; 85g plain flour; 3 eggs; 300ml double cream, whipped with 2 tbsp icing sugar; 150g dark chocolate; 100ml double cream for sauce

Choux pastry puffs filled with Chantilly cream and drizzled with hot chocolate sauce.

Total time

45 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

25 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

French

vegetarian

Ingredients

150mlwater

65gbutter

85gplain flour

3eggs

300mldouble cream, whipped with 2 tbsp icing sugar

150gdark chocolate

100mldouble cream for sauce

Instructions

Make choux: boil water and butter. Add all flour at once, beat vigorously until a ball forms.

Cool 5 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time until smooth and glossy.

Pipe small rounds onto lined baking trays.

Bake at 200°C for 20–22 minutes. Split and dry insides briefly.

Fill with Chantilly cream.

Melt chocolate with cream for sauce. Pour over. Serve immediately.