Profiteroles (choux pastry)

La choux pastry It is of French origin, and is used as the base of many desserts, such as these profiteroles. This dough is very light, so it is usually eaten cold or filled with some cream. In this case, we have chosen to fill them with cream and chocolate cream.

The filling of the profiteroles It varies according to the area in which we are. Although, it is usually filled with cream or meringue, to give it a sweeter taste, covered in chocolate, both black and white.

Ingredients

For choux pastry:

• 125 ml of milk.
• 125 ml of water
• 100 g of butter.
• 150 g of flour.
• 4 eggs.
• Vanilla essence.
• 2 tablespoons of sugar.
• Salt
• Cinnamon stick

For filling:

• Sugar.
• 2-3 egg whites.
• Cocoa powder.

Preparation

First of all, to make these profiteroles you have to make the choux pastry. To do this, in a saucepan we will add the milk, the water, a pinch of salt and the sugar. In addition, we will add 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence and the cinnamon stick. This is so that the dough takes on flavor, so if you want, you can do without them.

When this mixture has taken some heat (that does not come to boil), we will remove the cinnamon stick. We will remove from the fire and we will add the flour little by little until you get a dough that comes off the walls of the pan.

Then, we will throw the eggs one at a time, until you get this light dough called choux pastry. We will let it warm a little and put it in a pastry bag. Later, we will put small portions of this dough on a baking sheet along with greaseproof paper and put it in the oven, already preheated, at 200ºC for about 20 minutes.

While they are in the oven we are doing the filling. To do this, we will choose 2 to 3 egg whites and we will mount it. When they are about to snow, we will separate into two bowls: to one we will add a little sugar and to the other cocoa powder, and then continue to whip until a homogeneous mixture is obtained.

Finally, we will remove the profiteroles from the oven and let them cool. Once cold, open them at the top, fill it with the whipped cream and the chocolate cream, and put the lid on them. I hope you enjoy this recipe.

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