Profiteroles are small round buns baked from a custard batter. I fill them with a variety of fillings: salty and sweet. If they are sweet, then this is a dessert, but if salted - an appetizer. We will now consider how to cook sweet profiteroles and please everyone with original pastries.
The recipe for cooking profiteroles
Ingredients:
- milk - 130 ml;
- Butter - 60 g;
- salt - to taste;
- sugar - 0,5 tsp.
- flour - 100 g;
- egg - 3 pcs.
Preparation
Pour the milk into the ladle and set it on a weak fire. We bring it to a boil, salt, put the butter cut into pieces and again wait until it boils. Then gently and gradually pour in the flour, constantly stirring until the thickening, so as not to form lumps. Next, remove the dough from the plate and drive the eggs into it.
Grease the pan with oil and sprinkle a little with flour. We spread the dough with a dessert spoon in portions about the size of a walnut. We put profiteroles in a preheated oven to 220 ° and bake until a ruddy crust appears.
We remove the buns from the baking sheet, cool it. Then gently cut off the top and fill them with any filling described below to choose from!
Recipe for profiteroles with custard
Ingredients:
- sugar - 150 g;
- milk - 200 g;
- egg - 8 pieces;
- flour - 5 tbsp. spoons;
- butter - 300 g;
- nuts, powdered sugar - for sprinkling.
Preparation
So, pour the milk in a saucepan, add sugar and put on medium heat. We wait until the mass begins to boil and in a thin trickle we introduce yolks mixed with flour, stirring constantly. Continue heating until the cream thickens. The resulting mass is removed from the fire and cooled. This time, whisk the butter well and gradually add the cooled custard. Inside pre-cooked profiteroles lay out the cream and decorate the top with powdered sugar and chopped nuts.
The recipe for profiteroles with curd cream
Ingredients:
- cottage cheese - 500 g;
- vanilla sugar - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- chocolate, powdered sugar - for decoration;
- cream - 0, 5 tbsp.
Preparation
While profiteroles are cooked in the oven, we will make the cream. To do this, curd well whisked with cream and add vanilla sugar. We fill the confectioner's bag with curd cream and put it away for 10 minutes in the refrigerator.
Pre-profiteroles pierce from below with a knife, so that we fill it with a tender mass. We decorate cakes with powdered sugar or pour melted chocolate.
If you do not have time at all, you can simply stuff all the profiteroles with boiled condensed milk!