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Sunday, 23 October 2011
Cream Puffs
I love Japanese cream puffs. They are soooo good. Cream puffs has been on my list of things to make but with me trying to go on a diet, have not been baking much. But my friend D baked some and did not like the texture she ended up with. So I told her that I would try to bake some and if my puffs were soft, I would share the recipe with her. Recipe is taken from Just Hungry's blog. Sorry D, couldnt find my recipes, but looked at this and thought it was a close resemblance to mine.
I halved the recipe and still ended up with about 12 puffs. I used 2 eggs. In my haste to make the puffs, I made the pastry first, but please make the filling first and let it cool down before making the pastry. But even though I got things the wrong way round, I completed the baking and the filling of the puffs all within 45 mins!
Custard cream filling
6 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugarca
a pinch of salt
2 cups whole milk
1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped out and put into the milk
1/2 cup of flour and cornstarch combined (or one or the other alone), blended and sifted
2 Tbs unsalted butter
Heat the milk with the vanilla bean slowly. (You can also use vanilla extract instead, in which case you'd add about 1 tsp. at the very end.)
Beat the egg yolks with the sugar and salt with a whisk until the mixture is a pale lemony yellow. This indicates that the sugar has melted into the yolks. Add the flour-cornstarch mixture.
Fish out the vanilla bean from the hot milk, and add the milk in dribbles to the egg mixture, stirring constantly. Heat over a low to medium heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, for about 2-3 minutes until you can't detect any floury taste. Add the butter, and the vanilla extract . Let cool for several hours, covered.
Make the custard filling several hours in advance.
In the meantime, make the choux buns.
Choux pastry
1 cup of water
1 cup of beaten eggs (about 5 large eggs, but be rather accurate about this - it will really affect the results)
100g / 3 1/2 oz. of unsalted butter
1 cup of all-purpose white flour
a pinch of salt
Method:
Heat the oven to 210 ° C . Line the pans with the baking paper.
Cut up the butter, and put it with the water and salt in a pan. Heat over medium heat until the butter has melted. Dump in the flour, and mix vigorously with a wooden spoon, until the flour is completely incorporated. The dough ball should slightly film the pan with a floury residue. Take off the heat and cool the bottom by putting it on a damp kitchen towel, or briefly running cold water over it.
Add the eggs, little by little, to the pan, mixing vigorously between additions. It may curdle at first, but it will all get incorporated.
Line a baking tray with baking paper.
Scoop the warm dough into piping bag. Cut the end off one corner with scissors, to make an opening about .5 cm / 1/4 inch or so. Pipe into circles of about 4 cm and leave space in between the dough for them to spread. Bake for about 10 mins and then switch them around and bake for another 10 mins.
The internet tells you to slash the puffs and return to the oven for a few more mins to dry the inside but I prefer them soft, so I leave them out.
You Tube video.
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I love Japanese cream puffs. They are soooo good. Cream puffs has been on my list of things to make but with me trying to go on a diet, have not been baking much. But my friend D baked some and did not like the texture she ended up with. So I told her that I would try to bake some and if my puffs were soft, I would share the recipe with her. Recipe is taken from Just Hungry's blog. Sorry D, couldnt find my recipes, but looked at this and thought it was a close resemblance to mine.
I halved the recipe and still ended up with about 12 puffs. I used 2 eggs. In my haste to make the puffs, I made the pastry first, but please make the filling first and let it cool down before making the pastry. But even though I got things the wrong way round, I completed the baking and the filling of the puffs all within 45 mins!
Custard cream filling
6 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugarca
a pinch of salt
2 cups whole milk
1 vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped out and put into the milk
1/2 cup of flour and cornstarch combined (or one or the other alone), blended and sifted
2 Tbs unsalted butter
Heat the milk with the vanilla bean slowly. (You can also use vanilla extract instead, in which case you'd add about 1 tsp. at the very end.)
Beat the egg yolks with the sugar and salt with a whisk until the mixture is a pale lemony yellow. This indicates that the sugar has melted into the yolks. Add the flour-cornstarch mixture.
Fish out the vanilla bean from the hot milk, and add the milk in dribbles to the egg mixture, stirring constantly. Heat over a low to medium heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, for about 2-3 minutes until you can't detect any floury taste. Add the butter, and the vanilla extract . Let cool for several hours, covered.
Make the custard filling several hours in advance.
In the meantime, make the choux buns.
Choux pastry
1 cup of water
1 cup of beaten eggs (about 5 large eggs, but be rather accurate about this - it will really affect the results)
100g / 3 1/2 oz. of unsalted butter
1 cup of all-purpose white flour
a pinch of salt
Method:
Heat the oven to 210 ° C . Line the pans with the baking paper.
Cut up the butter, and put it with the water and salt in a pan. Heat over medium heat until the butter has melted. Dump in the flour, and mix vigorously with a wooden spoon, until the flour is completely incorporated. The dough ball should slightly film the pan with a floury residue. Take off the heat and cool the bottom by putting it on a damp kitchen towel, or briefly running cold water over it.
Add the eggs, little by little, to the pan, mixing vigorously between additions. It may curdle at first, but it will all get incorporated.
Line a baking tray with baking paper.
Scoop the warm dough into piping bag. Cut the end off one corner with scissors, to make an opening about .5 cm / 1/4 inch or so. Pipe into circles of about 4 cm and leave space in between the dough for them to spread. Bake for about 10 mins and then switch them around and bake for another 10 mins.
The internet tells you to slash the puffs and return to the oven for a few more mins to dry the inside but I prefer them soft, so I leave them out.
Labels: Cakes and bakes
About me.
Hi I'm Tina ! I'm a singapore born peranakan living in london who used to live in Japan. It takes me slightly more than an hour to get home from work after which I have to cook dinner as well. Just want to share with everyone easy dinners and anything else that I cook or bake!
This is my kitchen that I cook and experiment from. I would love to hear your comments! Email me at: post4tina@yahoo.com
You Tube video.
Flavours of Singapore. Nov 9, 2009
Cakes & Bakes.
banana blueberry buttermilk muffins.
baileys cake balls.
blueberry cake with creamcheese frosting.
chocolate fudge cake.
chocolate fudge cake2.
coffee walnut cake.
cotton soft japanese cheese cake.
New York Cheesecake.
vanilla cupcake.
Wedding/Birthday cakes.
sugarcraft roses birthday cake
birthday cake and cuppies
Calla Lily wedding cake
Gerbera flowers wedding cake
Matt and Donna wedding cake
Katrina and Rob wedding cake
Cookies.
buckwheat cookies.
butter biscuits.
checkerboard cookies.
pineapple tarts.
cranberry wholemeal cookies.
chocolate and macadamia nut cookie.
rugelach pinwheels.
Butter Shortbread biscuits.
Chinese peanut butter cookie & kueh bangkit.
Peanut butter cookie.
sugi biscuits.
Dessert.
buckwheat banana pancake.
mango pudding.
macarons
eton mess.
summer pudding.
Local Kuehs/Snacks.
bak kwa.
bubue cha cha.
chicken bak kwa.
chwee kueh.
fish floss.
fried tapioca kueh.
homemade fresh yellow mee.
kueh bingkar.
kueh lapis.
kueh lopez.
kueh kosui.
ondeh ondeh.
png kueh.
puttu mayam.
soon kueh.
Food.
Chinese.
Braised beef and Daikon
chee pao gai
gai see meen.
grilled oyster sauce chicken
Gyoza
Honey lemon roast chicken
ngoh hiang
pork trotters in vinegar
siew yoke + babi assam
sweet and sour pork.
Japanese.
buta jiru.
chickjen karaage.
crab and corn croquette
gyudon + chawan mushi.
gyu maki.
spinach and corn gratin.
japanese curry rice.
oyako don.
spaghetti napolitan.
tamago yaki - japanese egg roll
turkey tsukune
Malay/Indonesian.
sambal goreng.
terong belado.
Peranakan.
babi assam garam.
babi pongteh.
Buah Kerluak
Mango Fish
papaya masak titek
Fried fish in tamarind sauce.
honey pork.
Ikan Chuan chuan
kuih pie tee/popiah.
mee siam.
minced pork balls.
sambal chilli paste and hae bee hiam.
Thai.
thai beef salad.
thai fish cake.
Western.
aubergine parmigiano.
asparagus and crab meat risotto.
Beef Stew
Duck with Plum Sauce.
Fish & Chips
meatball sphagetti
prawn advocado and mango salad.
Festive.
Ayam/itek sioh and Pavlova
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