cookie
Room temperature unsalted butter 33g
40g sugar
40g all-purpose flourchoux
65gAll-purpose flour
65g milk
65g water
60g unsalted butter
2g salt
3 eggscream
2 yolks
35g sugar
10g cornstarch
200g milk
1 tsp vanilla extract (omit if not available)
170g heavy cream
17g sugar
1. After filling in the cream, the choux gets damp easily.
To keep the crispness the longest, you have no choice but to fill it with cream every time you eat it.
2. If you open the oven door while baking, the sugar will collapse (Do not open the oven)
cookie
Room temperature unsalted butter 33g
40g sugar
40g all-purpose flourchoux
65gAll-purpose flour
65g milk
65g water
60g unsalted butter
2g salt
3 eggscream
2 yolks
35g sugar
10g cornstarch
200g milk
1 tsp vanilla extract (omit if not available)
170g heavy cream
17g sugar
1. After filling in the cream, the choux gets damp easily.
To keep the crispness the longest, you have no choice but to fill it with cream every time you eat it.
2. If you open the oven door while baking, the sugar will collapse (Do not open the oven)
Tips for making this successful again (for me):
1. Make sure butter is room temperature. It makes a difference, specially when making the choux part because you need the butter to melt before the milk boils. If you don't have room temp butter, just soften it in the microwave before putting it in.
2. I used 2 eggs instead of 3. I read comments that some people only used 2 or some used 3. So make sure to start small (i.e. 2 eggs, beaten) and pour in small amount to mix before it gets to the correct consistency. Heck, I didn't even used 2 full eggs. Think it was 1.5 for me. So it definitely varies.
2 a. Make sure to really spread the choux dough out for a minute or so before putting the eggs in.
3. The cookie dough melts really fast once you take it out of the fridge. It was hard trying to get it out of the dough after cutting it into perfect circles. I ended up putting ice bricks underneath the dough so it comes out in one piece, frozen.
Another method I saw is to roll the dough into a log, freeze it and then cut it into discs.
4. Watch the video entirely before you make it. I somehow skipped the part about leaving the puffs in the oven (door ajar) for 10 minutes. Nothing major happened, I just shoved it back into the oven after I took it out for a minute. Also make sure it's in the oven for the full 30 minutes. Don't open the oven door when it's not 30 minutes yet!
5. I spent 3 hours on this recipe and only made 6. And I have left over cream. Was it worth it? It was fun and nice experience. You definitely get into a motion of what you need to do next. And Mum loved it. You know it's good when an Asian parent likes the dessert!