No wonder why its so costly outside.....very tedious in the preparation....Recipe for cream puffs: (Make 6 puffs)
FoR puffs:
Ingredient A:
- 95ml water
- 50g unsalted butter
- 1/4 tsp sugar
- Pinch of salt (if you are using salted butter, you can ignore this)
Ingredient B:
- 50g bread flour
- 20g cake flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
Ingredient C:
- 2 eggs (lightly beaten)
- 1/4 tsp vanilla essence
For custard cream:
Ingredients D:
- 75g Fresh milk
- 1 egg yolk
- 30g corn flour
Ingredient E:
- 180g fresh milk
- 30g butter
- 50g sugar
Ingredient F:
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
Method (puff):
- Mix well ingredient A in saucepan till bubbling hot. Turn off fire.
- Add in ingredient B in one go and mix with a wooden spoon till a dough is formed.
- Transfer dough to a mixing bowl and beat till it is lukewarm.
- Add in ingredient C slowly and mix till well-blended and smooth
- Place the mixture into a piping bag and pipe it onto a lined pan in rounds of 7cm in diameter.
- Bake at 200 degree for 20-25 mins till golden brown.
Method (cream):
- Mix ingredient D till well-blended.
- Bring to boil ingredient E, then slowly add in the mixture in step 1.
- Allow the custard cream to cool down before adding in the ingredient F.
Now you are ready to pipe the cream into the puffs....chilled before consumption....
