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Choux Cream
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Choux Cream Recipe

Japanese cream puffs stuffed with custard cream
Prep Time1 hour 30 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time2 hours 30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: choux, cream
Servings: 20 pieces

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Equipment

Ingredients

Choux

Custard Cream

  • 2 cups milk
  • 30 g cornstarch
  • 115 g sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 55 g butter
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

  • To make Choux:
  • Preheat oven to 395F (200C). Place parchment paper on a baking pan. Sift cake and all purpose flours together.
  • In a pot, heat water, oil, and salt together at medium heat. When it starts boiling, add the flour mixture and stir well with a spatula. Let the dough cook through until it becomes a ball.
  • Put the hot dough in a stand mixer and mix using a paddle to cool the dough down a bit. Beat eggs in a separate bowl.
  • Slowly add eggs in parts to the dough, forming a batter. Do not add all once. When you pull the paddle from the batter, the batter should be dropping and making a triangle shape. Adjust the amount of eggs depending on firmness of the batter.
  • Put the batter in a piping bag with a round piping tip. Pipe 2" (4.5-5cm) rounds on the parchment paper, 3" apart. Using a wooden skewer, on top of each round, make 4 lines from the edge to the center.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 13 minutes. Turn down to 350F (180C), and bake further for 14-17 minutes.
  • To make Custard Cream:
  • Heat milk in a pot until just before boiling.
  • In a medium bowl, mix cornstarch and sugar with a whisk. Add eggs and mix very well.
  • Start adding hot milk to the egg mixture slowly. When all the milk has been mixed in, put the mixture back in the pot, bring to a boil, and cook for a couple of more minutes.
  • Remove from the heat and add butter and vanilla. Stir well to mix.
  • Let cool to room temperature and refrigerate at least a couple of hours.
  • To assemble:
  • Put the cream in a piping bag with a tip. Make small slits on the bottom of the Choux, and squeeze the cream into the shells. Dust with powder sugar if you like.

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