Description
Delicious Chocolate Cream Puffs That Melt in Your Mouth
Ingredients
Scale
- 5 large Egg Yolks
- 100 g Granulated Sugar
- 50 g Cornflour
- 15 g Cocoa Powder
- 540 ml Whole Milk
- 80 g Dark Chocolate (70%)
- 50 g Unsalted Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 120 ml Water
- 130 g Plain Flour
- 220 g Large Eggs (approx. 4)
- 120 g Unsalted Butter
- 100 ml Double Cream
- 15 g Unsalted Butter
Instructions
- Heat milk until steaming, whisk yolks and sugar until pale, then whisk in cornflour and cocoa. Temper egg mixture with warm milk, return to heat, add chocolate, stir until thick, strain, mix in butter and vanilla, cool.
- Combine water, milk, butter, sugar in a saucepan, boil, then remove heat. Add flour, stir until dough forms a ball, cool for 10 minutes, mix in beaten eggs gradually until smooth and glossy.
- Preheat oven to 180°C. Pipe choux dough onto tray, bake until golden brown for 25-30 minutes, pierce to release steam and cool.
- Inject chilled pastry cream into cooled choux shells, heat cream for ganache, pour over chopped chocolate and butter, stir until smooth, dip puff tops and refrigerate until set.
Notes
- Prep Time: 60 minutes
- Cook Time: 60 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 puff
- Calories: 150 kcal
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg