Saturday 9 July 2022

STRAWBERRY CREAM PUFFS

Pre heat your oven to 200deg C. Sprinkle an oven tray with water . Place 60 gm of butter /marg and 1 cup of water in a small pot along with a pinch of salt . Bring this mixture to boiling point . Add 125gm of of plain flour all at once and cook / stirring over a low heat until the mixture pulls away from the side of the pan . Then allow to cool slightly by taking the pot off the heat . Add the cooled mixture to a bowl and using an electric mixer beat for 1 minute , add 3 lightly beaten eggs , a little at a time and continue to beat until the mixture is glossy . Drop tsp of the mixture onto a wet oven tray . Bake in the prehaeted oven ( 200deg C )for 30 minutes . DO NOT OPEN the oven door for 15 minutes . Now remove to a wire rack to cool . Slice the puffs in half and fill with strawberry cream. PLace 1 punnet of fresh strawberries that have been washed and hulled in a bowl with 2 tbs of icing sugar and 1/2 tsp of vannilaa extract and mix together , preferably puree . In a separate bowl whisk 300ml of cream until thick , then fold in the strawberry puree . Fill your puffs and dust with icing sugar before serving .

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