Profiteroles with Chocolate Sauce

Servings: 8 peopleRecipe course: DessertsTotal time (min.): 55
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Serving this dessert to your friends or family is a guaranteed win! This recipe will show you how to make the choux buns and the chocolate sauce. You can choose whether to fill the choux with whipped cream, ice cream or try our Crème Pâtissière recipe.

Tools

Cooking Chef XL

Ingredients

Unsalted butter 40g
Egg 2
Dark chocolate 200g
Water 100g
Milk 20ml
Salt 1 pinch
Bread flour 80g
Whipping cream 150g

Method

 1- Pre-heat oven - 200°C
 2- Grease and line a clean baking tray with parchment paper
 3- Attach the Creaming Beater
 4- Add water, milk, unsalted butter and salt to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
 5- Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
 6- Cook with splashguard fitted until boiling - 2 min, 104°C, Stir 1
 7- Then add bread flour to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
 8- Cook with splashguard fitted - 2 min, 104°C, Speed 3
 9- Mix with splashguard fitted - 2 min, Speed 1
10- Add egg to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl gradually while machine is running
11- Mix with splashguard fitted until glossy - 2 min, Speed 3
12- Transfer content of Cooking Chef XL Bowl to piping bag
13- Pipe content of piping bag onto baking tray evenly
14- Use a wet finger to smooth the tops of the choux buns
15- Bake until golden brown - 25 min, 200°C
16- Remove from oven
17- Using a skewer, make a hole in the base of choux buns
18- Bake until dry - 5 min, 200°C
19- Remove from oven and let cool
20- Use a piping bag to fill each choux bun with your chosen filling
21- Clean Cooking Chef bowl
22- Attach the Creaming Beater
23- Add dark chocolate and whipping cream to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
24- Mix with splashguard fitted - 3 min, 60°C, Stir 1
25- Set aside until thickened
26- Dip the filled choux buns in the warm chocolate sauce or pour it over the top
27- Serve