Choux Pastry

Cream Puff with Chocolate Topping








Method of cooking: Baking
Method of preparation: Choux Pastry

Ingredients
40g plain flour
60ml water
25g butter
1 egg
½ tsp baking powder
Mock Cream Filling
50g butter
40g castor sugar
1 heap tsp cornflour
125ml milk
¼ tsp vanilla essence
Chocolate Topping
25g sugar
15g flour
½ tsp butter
½ tbsp cocoa
3 tbsp milk
½ tsp vanilla essence

Method
1. Preheat oven at 210°C.
2. Lightly grease a baking tray.
3. Sift flour and baking powder.
4. Bring butter and water to boil.
5. Add flour all at once.
6. Cook until mixture leaves the sides of the saucepan.
7. Beat in eggs a little at a time till fairly stiff, sticky and glossy in consistency.
8. Bake for 20mins.
9. Blend the cornflour with a little milk
10. Heat the remaining milk and pour over the cornflour
11. Cook the mixture for 2 to 3 minutes and then allow to cool.
12. Cream the butter and sugar.
13. Beat in the cooled cornflour mixture a little at a time.  Beat well.
14. Flavour with vanilla essence.
15. Put all the chocolate topping ingredients in a saucepan and stir well making sure there are no lumps.
16. Cook over gentle heat, stirring all the time with a wooden spoon.
17. When the mixture thickens, allow it to boil for 2 to 3 minutes.
18. Remove from heat.
19. Make a slit at the side of baked puff and put spoonful of mock cream.
20. Top the pastry with chocolate topping.


Custard Puff 












Method of cooking: Baking 
Method of preparation: Choux Pastry

Ingredients
40g plain flour
60ml water
25g butter
1 egg
½ tsp baking powder
Custard Filling
25g custard flour
125ml milk
1 egg yolk
25g sugar
½ tsp vanilla essence
12g butter

Method
1. Preheat oven at 210°C.
2. Lightly grease a baking tray.
3. Sift flour and baking powder.
4. Bring butter and water to boil.
5. Add flour all at once.
6. Cook until mixture leaves the sides of the saucepan.
7. Beat in eggs a little at a time till fairly stiff, sticky and glossy in consistency.
8. Bake for 20mins.
9. Blend the custard ingredients and cook in melted butter until mixture thickens.  Add in egg yolk and stir.
10. Make a slit at the side of baked puff and put a spoonful of custard.



Savoury Chicken Puff









Method of cooking: Baking 
Method of preparation: Choux Pastry

Ingredients
40g plain flour
60ml water
25g butter
1 egg
½ tsp baking powder
Filling
50g minced chicken
¼ large onion – chopped
1 tbsp oil
1 tbsp frozen mixed vegetable
1 tbsp cream of chicken

Method
1. Preheat oven at 210°C.
2. Lightly grease a baking tray.
3. Sift flour and baking powder.
4. Bring butter and water to boil.
5. Add flour all at once.
6. Cook until mixture leaves the sides of the saucepan.
7. Beat in eggs a little at a time till fairly stiff, sticky and glossy in consistency.
8. Bake for 20mins.
9. Fry the filling ingredients.
10. Make a slit at the side of baked puff and put a spoonful of filling.


Savoury Sardine Puff









Method of cooking: Baking
Method of preparation: Choux Pastry

Ingredients
40g plain flour
60ml water
25g butter
1 egg
½ tsp baking powder
Filling
1 piece sardine – mashed
1 small onion – chopped
½ chilli – chopped
1 limau kasturi
1 small tomato - diced

Method
1. Preheat oven at 210°C.
2. Lightly grease a baking tray.
3. Sift flour and baking powder.
4. Bring butter and water to boil.
5. Add flour all at once.
6. Cook until mixture leaves the sides of the saucepan.
7. Beat in eggs a little at a time till fairly stiff, sticky and glossy in consistency.
8. Bake for 20mins.
9. Mix the filling ingredients.
10. Make a slit at the side of baked puff and put a spoonful of filling.

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