Dessert
Peanut Butter Cream Puff
By Janice Lee Lay Boon
2 hrs 50 mins
3-4 servings
Ingredients
Choux Batter
- 100ml Water
- 60g Unsalted Butter
- 1 pinch Salt
- 60g Cake Flour / Superfine flour
- 3 Eggs, beaten
- 1 1/2 tbsp Yogood Crunchy Peanut Butter
Pastry Cream
- 3 Egg Yolks
- 3 cups Milk
- 1/2 cup Sugar
- 1/3 cup Cornstarch
- 3/4 tsp Vanilla
- 15g Cocoa Powder
Method
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1.Combine water, butter, Yogood Crunchy Peanut Butter and salt in a pot and bring it to boil on medium heat.
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2.Add in sieved cake flour and mix well.
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3.When mixture turns gooey, continue stir the mixture on medium heat until thin film forms on the bottom of the pot.
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4.Place mixture into a bow and flatten with a spatula until slightly cool. Then gradually add beaten eggs and check the consistency by a spatula with formed a hanging “V” shape for the batter.
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5.Cut the batter into 12 round shape pieces (2”) and place on the parchment paper. Fill the batter into a pastry bag and squeeze onto the round batter.
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6.Press each peak of the batter with wet finger to adjust the shape. Mist the batter with water thoroughly to help avoid drying.
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7.Bake it into preheated oven at 200°C for about 30 minutes.
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8.Beat egg yolk and milk into a bowl. Set aside.
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9.Mix sugar, salt and cornstarch in a saucepan until smooth and add in milk mixture and heat in medium low, stir and boil about 20 to 25minutes.
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10.Mix sugar, cornstarch and salt in large heavy saucepan. Gradually stir in a small amount of mix mixture, making a smooth paste. Gradually stir in remaining milk mixture until blended.
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11.Set the pan in larger pan of ice water and stir occasionally to hasten cooling.Add in vanilla or cocoa powder, then refrigerate at least 1 hour for the cream.
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12.Make a diagonal cut in each choux pastry.
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13.Put the pastry cream into a bag and fill it into the pastries.
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14.Sprinkle some icing sugar for garnish.