Cream Puffs, Choux Pastries, Balls or Ring Variety Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Cream Puffs, Choux Pastries, Balls or Ring Variety
Add your photo!
Ingredients
11
Count
Nutrition
147
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Heat the butter and water gently in a saucepan, bring to the boil and remove from the heat.
  2. Quickly tip in all the flour and beat to the smooth paste with a wooden spoon so that it forms a ball in the center of the pan.
  3. Leave to cool slightly for several minutes, (This is important!).
  4. Cover the baking sheet (cookie sheet) with baking paper, and then wet the paper slightly with cold water so that you have some little droplets still on the sheet-this will help the pastry not to catch on the bottom and stick at all.
  5. Add all the beaten eggs a little bit at a time until the paste gets a glossy sheen on it, if it's still a little liquid-y then you haven't beaten it in long enough, When it comes back to the thick paste it's ready to be put in spoonfuls into the baking sheets (cookie sheets).
  6. Spoon the paste onto baking sheets in the form of a the numbers of the clock-face, lifting the top of each mound into a peak and joining the balls together to create a circle.
  7. Bake at 200°C (400°F) for 45-50 minutes.
  8. Once cooked, carefully cut the ring in half horizontally and lift off the top half of the ring. (I use a wire cooling rack to hold it against so it doesn't break). Leave to cool on the wire rack.
  9. Fill with: Traditionally it would be filled with Confectioners' custard, but even quicker and easier (and one of my favourites) make a very basic custard, but use a little less custard powder than the packet recommends, and add lemon juice to taste, cover the bottom half of the cream puff ring with custard, layer on the peaches or apricots, add a little more custard to fill up spaces.
  10. Put the choux pastry top back on, drizzle melted chocolate in zig-zag style over the top.
  11. OR another favorite variation: Heap fresh strawberries into the bottom part of the ring, cover with whipped cream, put the top back on again and drizzle melted chocolate over the top of it all -.
  12. Alternatively: spoon the paste onto the baking sheet in little balls, and cut a small slit in them when they are cooked to release the steam and fill with anything you like: whipped cream, custard etc.
  13. The little balls can then be dipped into chocolate for WOW presentation and ultimate yumminess :).
  14. However you present the final result, enjoy!
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 146.66 Kcal (614 kJ)
Calories from fat 82.97 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.22g 14%
Cholesterol 54.36mg 18%
Sodium 234.38mg 10%
Potassium 68.17mg 1%
Total Carbs 14.38g 5%
Sugars 4.78g 19%
Dietary Fiber 0.82g 3%
Protein 2.89g 6%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1.2mg 7%
Calcium 43.5mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 258.43 Kcal (1082 kJ)
Calories from fat 146.2 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 16.24g 14%
Cholesterol 95.78mg 18%
Sodium 413mg 10%
Potassium 120.12mg 1%
Total Carbs 25.35g 5%
Sugars 8.42g 19%
Dietary Fiber 1.45g 3%
Protein 5.1g 6%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 2.1mg 7%
Calcium 76.6mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Search
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe
Analyze

Try this similar recipes

View More

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 3.5
    Points
  • 4
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Also Try

Share Recipe

Recipes▼
Search
Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top