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...

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