YIELD: serves 6
ACTIVE TIME: 25 minutes
TOTAL TIME:1 hour
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup water
- a pinch of salt
- 1 cup flour
- 4 eggs
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 stick butter(117 gr)
For the cream
- 1 packet creme patisserie
- 1 1/2 cup milk
For the sauce
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup flour
- 4 cups milk
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 390oF.
- Place parchment paper in a baking sheet.
- Put the butter, milk, water, sugar and salt in a saucepan and heat until butter is melted. Boil for 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and add the flour. Mix with a spoon until everything is combined.
- Let it cool for ten minutes.
- Add the eggs and beat until it becomes smooth.
- Use a spoon and place golf-ball-sized dollops of the dough on the sheet.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Let them cool and cut the small profiteroles in half.
- Make the cream. Using an electric mixer, mix the creme patisserie and milk until it sets. Spoon the cream into the buns.
- Make the sauce. Place all the ingredients into a saucepan. Boil and stir well until everything is combined. Let the sauce cool.
- Place the buns into a bowl. Spoon the sauce over the profiteroles. Decorate with some whipping cream and nuts.