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Light, crispy choux pastry balls filled with custard or whipped cream and drizzled with chocolate. An elegant finger-food dessert that impresses guests despite being straightforward to make.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 48- 100g / 7 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup flour (, plain / all purpose)
- 4 large eggs (55 - 60g / 2 oz each (weight with shell), at room temperature)
- Pinch of salt
- Vanilla custard (Creme Patissiere) ((below))
- Ice cream ((Note 1))
- Whipped cream ((Note 2))
- 4 egg yolks ((Note 5 for using leftover whites))
- 1/4 cup white sugar (, caster / superfine)
- 3 1/2 tbsp cornflour / cornstarch
- 2 1/3 cups milk (, full fat best)
- 1/4 cup extra white sugar (, caster / superfine)
- 1 tsp vanilla bean paste ((or extract or essence))
- 250g / 8 oz dark chocolate ((or US semi-sweet))
- 1 cup cream
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 70M
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
Complete estimate · 100% of estimated mass resolved
All countable ingredients resolved. Figures are per serving.
- Prep
- 30m
- Cook
- 40m
- Sodium
- 29mg
- Total sugar
- 8g
Added sugar is not shown when one or more ingredients lack reliable added-sugar evidence.
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 36mg
- Calcium
- 43mg
- Iron
- 0.52mg
Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.
- PREP
- 30M
- SODIUM
- 29MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.