Cream Puff

Cream Puff
Food Recipes Dessert Recipes
Written by Agatha
Wednesday, 06 February 2008
Ingredients:
For pastry:

75gsm All purpose flour
3 egg yolks
2 egg white
75gsm salted butter
150ml water
For Cream Filling:

2 1/4 tbs Custard Powder
250ml fresh milk
4tbs caster sugar
1 tsp salted butter
1 1/2 tbs rum (optional)
Methods:
Mix the custard powder with sugar and pour in the milk a little at a time and heat it on medium fire until it boils. Keep stiring the mixture for another minute and make sure that it does not curdle.
Add 1 tsp of butter and rum and set it aside.
Melt the 75gsm butter with water for 3 minutes with big fire until it boils.
Add in the flour, mix it well and let it cools until room temperature.
Preheat the oven with 200 degree.
Brush the baking sheet with a little bit of butter.
Using the mold (star-like cone shape head used to decorate cake) swirl the batter from big bottom to small top. The base diameter 3-4cm.
Bake for around 17 - 20 minutes or until golden brown.
When the puff cools down, cut the puff into halves but not until totally separated and fill in the cream inside.
Serve it warm or cold.