The Perfect Creamy-Puffy-Profiterole

Profiterole is a choux pastry ball filled with creams. It could be whipped cream, pastry cream, or even ice cream. You can see them in various sizes, but their shapes are pretty much the same. A puffy-looking ball. In Thailand, people often call cream ball as eclair. (Actually eclair is similar but in a different shape) There are actually many places that sell choux pastry ball in Thailand. My favorite is at Beard Papa. They have a variety of flavors and sizes. They are clean. And the price is not that high. And most importantly, it's DELICIOUS!

These are Profiterole, Choux Cream, Cream Puff, Cream Balls

 

But this is eclair.

It's always nice to pick up few balls and get messy eating them. Licking your finger and messing up your face with the cream are my favorite part!

Recently, I had a chance to watch a 2-minute-video of Gordon Ramsay. He made a perfect creamy profiterole. This active and super fast VDO makes it look fast and easy.

These recipe is according to his VDO:

To make the puff "Puffy," pay careful attention to the mixture. You will need these ingredients:

1. 125 ml milk

2. 200 ml water

3. 50 g butter

4. 50 g sugar

5. 1 tea spoon of salt

6. 150 all purpose flour

7. 3 eggs

8. piping bag

1. In a pan, boil milk, water, butter, sugar, and salt. When it boiled, add  flour. Stir until it becomes smooth. 

2. Add eggs. One at a time. Mix it well

3. Fill the piping bag with the mixture and push it on a tray. (for the pointy tip, use your wet finger to push it down to avoid burning) Then, put it in the oven 200 Degree Celsius. 18-20 minutes

For the cream, you would need these ingredients:

1. 150 ml whipping cream

2. 50 g icing sugar

3. a bunch of vanilla seeds

Mix everything and whisk until it becomes fluffy!

Lastly, the Chocolate sauce. Always use good chocolate. And as Gordon said, "The better your chocolate, the better the taste. As simple as that."

1. 100 g dark chocolate

2. 50 ml Honey

3. 50 g butter

4. 50 ml milk

Mix everything!

Finish up and ready to serve! your Perfect Creamy Puffy Profiterole
After taking out the puff, fill in with your cream. Stack it up. Topped with icing sugar and pour the chocolate sauce to finish. Have some cream balls with a hot cup of coffee . Ummmmm...

Voila!! Parfait!!

Ps. If your experiment went well, then good for you. And enjoy the fabulous taste of creamy puffy profiterole. Be Proud and Bite it!

But if it failed, and you are dying to have some, here is my suggestion...

Their stuff are gooooood!

The Magical Hot Chocolate Souffle

The word "Soufflé " is a French word which means "to blow up" or "puff up." Many restaurants choose to serve soufflé as their dessert. This is one of my favorite dessert as it seems magical, airy and complex. Eating it fresh from the oven can totally completes my meal. 

And who does not love chocolate? The hot chocolate soufflé is a perfect combination for dessert that I could never get enough.So this will be the first easy-to-make dessert recipe that I wanted to put in my diary. You will find that you can make your own soufflé with in 30 minute or less. How fun is that? Having your friends over for dinner and finish up with the home-made chocolate soufflé!

First, these are ingredients that you would need. They are very easy to find. And you may already have it in your home.

1. 200 ml milk
2. 4 eggs
3. 300 g dark chocolate
4. 50 g butter
5. 20 g corn flour
6. 50 g sugar
7. pinch of salt

Okay, so once you have prepared the ingredients, let's move on to the easy steps:

Always Always, Preheat your oven.
For this recipes, it will be 200 degree C.

1. First, mix your milk with the corn flour. Then put it on low heat. whisk till it becomes thick. When it's done, it will be a sticky paste just like mashed potatoes!

2. Meanwhile, break the chocolate into small pieces. Put them on a double boiler. (For those of you who do not know what a "double boiler" is... It's just placing a bowl on top of a pan of simmering water to melt the chocolate without burning it) Then add your butter.

3. When the chocolate melts, take off the double boiler and add four egg yolks.(Careful! don't throw your egg white away!) Put them in the fridge. 

4. Whisk the egg white with the sugar until the mixture is Fluffy! and stick to the whisk. You will find it look like a hair mousse. (HEY! but don't over work them cus' it can collapse!)

5. Take the chocolate and mix it with the egg whites.

6. Get your mold.Butter it and dust it with grated chocolate. Fill the mixture in three-quarter. Clean the rim (otherwise it won't rise!!!) 7. Put in the oven for around7 minutes. (depends on the size of the mold.)

See how easy this is? And the good thing about your home-made dessert is that you can "make it as you like it." If you don't like a lot of sugar, you can take some out, if you like it sweet, Then you can add some more.
As easy as that.

Quick and easy to do. Perfect choice to round up your meals!

Serve it right out of your oven.

Remember to be creative. Top up with your favorite fruits!

Now. Get off of your computer and make one of your own! :)