Description
Coffee flavored cream fills cream puffs with a white chocolate coffee glaze makes for a fantastic coffee accompaniment.
Ingredients
Choux Pastry
70 grams / 1/2 cup bread flour
14 grams / 1 tablespoon superfine/caster sugar
130 milliliters / 1/2 cup + 2 teaspoons cold water
50 grams / 1.75 ounces butter, cubed
2 eggs, room temperature lightly beaten
Ganache Topping
25 milliliters / 2 tablespoons double cream
1/2 teaspoon instant coffee
100 grams / 3.5 ounces white chocolate
Cream Filling
1/8 teaspoon instant coffee powder
4 grams / 1 teaspoon superfine/caster sugar
1/2 teaspoon hot water
200 milliliters / 1 cup - 2 tablespoons heavy cream
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200ºC/390F and lightly grease a baking tray, pouring water over the top and taping to remove excess (you want water beads on the tray to create a steamy atmosphere during baking).
- Sift the flour into a small bowl and add the sugar. Set aside.
- Place the water and butter in a saucepan over medium heat until the butter has melted and the mixture has begun simmering.
- Remove from the heat and pour the sifted flour and sugar into the mixture, stirring swiftly with a wooden spoon to combine until the dough no longer sticks to the side of the saucepan.
- Add in 1/4 of the beaten eggs and beat the dough until smooth, continue adding the eggs in the same manner until all have been combined.
- Take half a tablespoonful amount of the dough and shape into a ball with an opposing tablespoon and spoon onto the prepared baking tray.
- Smooth out the tops and continue with the remaining dough ensuring 1 inch between the dough.
- Place in the oven and bake for 14 minutes.
- Increase the heat to 220ºC/430F, turn the tray around and bake for a further 16-18 minutes or until the pastries are golden.
- Remove from the heat and place on a cooling rack, allowing to cool fully.
- Place the instant coffee, sugar and boiling water in a small bowl and stir together.
- Place the whipped cream into a bowl and pour the instant coffee mix in and fold together until smooth.
- Spoon into a piping bag and close the bag by twisting firmly and holding in the palm of your hand.
- Find a hole in the side of your pastry or if you prefer press into the base of your pastry and fill with whipped cream until you can feel the edges fill throughout the center.
- Or if you prefer, slice a choux pastry open slightly near the base and carefully spoon a tablespoon of whipped cream into the center until all have cream therein.
- Continue with the remaining pastries until all have cream in the center.
- To make the white chocolate ganache, heat the cream and the instant coffee into a small bowl over a double boiler until hot and simmering.
- Remove from the heat and add in the white chocolate and stir until the chocolate is melted, set aside to cool to warm.
- Dip the top half of one pastry into the ganache and swirl to coat evenly.
- Continue with the remaining pastries until all have the white chocolate ganache coated on top.
- Serve with a side of coffee.
Notes
Water on your baking tray: As per usual choux pastry baking, do not leave out the essential step of ensuring you have water droplets across your entire baking tray. This helps give the pastries their perfect firm exterior.
Even sized spoons: You want even sized tablespoons to smooth out the edges of the pastry as you lift it out of the bowl and ensure you can create consistent sized pastries.
Smooth out the tops: When you spoon the pastry onto your baking tray, smooth out the tops as this replicates the effect you could make with a piping bag.
Avoiding collapsed cream puffs: Choux pastry needs to be well and truly golden like medium toast as this helps the finished pastries not to collapse once they have been removed from the oven. The larger your cream puffs the longer they’ll need to become golden.
Baking time for different sizes: Small cream puffs would need 22-25 minutes baking versus larger would need 27-30 minutes as per the notes in the instuctions.
Coffee cream: The instant coffee I had on hand did not dissolve without heat which means a small syrup had to be formed before adding to the whipped cream. If you have instant coffee that can dissolve at room temperature, you can leave out the step of dissolving in hot water, though you will want to add a little sugar to that whipped cream.
Best served: The filled pastries are best served the same day they are made. However, you can make these ahead and keep covered for 1 day prior to filling and covering in the chocolate ganache.
Adapted from Delia online
Nutrition
- Calories: 201 calories per serve