Choux with Strawberry Sauce

One night when the kids had gone to bed, I suddenly had the urge to bake something. With all the ingredients I had, Choux was the only thing I could do.

In case you are wondering, Choux is what its used as the shell of cream puffs, profiteroles and eclairs. Okay, we always call it the puff lah.

As I didn't prepare to make this, I didn't get the ingredients to do the custard. Lucky for me, I had whipped cream and Strawberry Puree meant to make this. So I just use those on mine instead. And that was what me and my husband had as midnight snack and what my son had for tea the next day! ;)


Ingredients:

• 20g butter
• 60ml Water
• 35g Plain Flour
• 1 teaspoon Sugar
• 1 Egg

How to do it:

1. Combine butter with water in a pot.
2. Bring to a boil.
3. Add in flour and beat with wooden spoon over heat till the mixture doesn't stick to the base and side of pot and forms a smooth ball.
4. Let it cool a little and add in egg.
5. Beat with electric beater till it becomes glossy.
6. Spoon mixture into pipping bag.
7. Pipe small amount of choux pastry leaving 5cm apart on baking tray. Remember to put on your glove to do this because it's really hot!
8. Baked in a preheat oven at 200C for 7 minutes.
9. Reduce temperature to 170c and continue baking for 10minutes.
10. Cut open the puff and bake for a further 5 minutes or till dry.
11. Remove and let it cool.
12. To serve, just add whipped cream in the puff and drizzle with cold strawberry sauce.

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