CREAM PUFF SWANS
Elegant and adorable, homemade Cream Puff Swans with pate a choux paste, fluffy pastry cream, wings, peak and all are a must-try home baking project.
Provided by Barbara Bakes LLC
Categories Pastry
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- PASTRY
- Preheat the oven to 425ºF. Place templates on baking sheets; line with parchment paper. Measure flour and set aside.
- In a large saucepan, bring butter, water, salt, and sugar to a boil over medium-high heat. Remove the pan from the heat and add the flour all at once. Stir quickly until all the flour is incorporated, about a minute. Return to the heat and cook, stirring constantly, for another minute or two.
- Transfer dough to the bowl of an electric mixer, and let cool for 5 minutes.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition; beat until the dough loses its "slimy" look, and each egg is incorporated. (You may only need 3 eggs, depending on your climate.) The dough should be thick, but should fall slowly and steadily from the beaters when you lift them out of the bowl.
- Spoon dough into a pastry bag fitted with a coupler. Attach a #10 tip (1/2-inch) to coupler. Pipe dough to make 12 swan necks on a baking sheet, using template as a guide. Smooth out peaks and round tops with a moistened finger; remove template. (You're aiming for something between a numeral 2 and a question mark, with a little beak if you're skilled and/or lucky.)
- Remove the tip from the bag and pipe out 12 swan bodies on a second baking sheet, using template as a guide. These will be about 3" long, and about 2" wide. One end should be a bit narrower than the other. Smooth out peaks and round tops with a moistened finger; remove template.
- Egg wash: Whisk together 1 egg and 1 teaspoon water. Brush tops of dough with egg mixture. Place swan necks on baking sheet in the freezer.
- Bake swan bodies at 425° for 5 minutes; reduce oven temperature to 375°, and bake 30 minutes or until puffy and golden brown. Remove from the baking sheet to a wire rack, and cool completely.
- Bake swan necks at 375° for 15 minutes or until puffy and golden brown. Remove from the baking sheet to a wire rack, and cool completely.
- PASTRY CREAM
- In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, flour, and salt. Gradually whisk in milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture starts to boil. Cook for 2 minutes until thickened.
- Remove from the stove. Slowly whisk 1/4 cup of the hot mixture into the beaten egg yolks, and immediately add the egg yolk mixture to the hot mixture in the saucepan. Cook for 2 more minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add butter and vanilla. Transfer the mixture to a medium bowl. Cover with plastic and refrigerate until well chilled, about 1 hour or overnight.
- When pudding is chilled, whip cream to form soft peaks. Gently fold the whipped cream into the pudding until evenly mixed. Cover and chill until ready to use.
- ASSEMBLY
- Cut swan bodies in half horizontally. Cut the top halves in half to create two wings.
- Dollop or pipe a small amount of pastry cream onto the widest part of the bottom halves. Fix the swan necks in the cream. After you've put the neck in place, fill the bottom halves with additional pastry cream. Place wings on each side.
- Chill until ready to serve. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving if desired.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 g, Calories 222 kcal, Carbohydrate 26 g, Protein 6 g, Fat 10 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Cholesterol 144 mg, Sodium 164 mg, Sugar 14 g, UnsaturatedFat 4 g
SWAN PUFF, CHOCOLATE SAUCE
Provided by Food Network
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- First sift the flour onto folded paper. Put the milk, butter, salt and sugar into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the flour all at once into the pan, stirring all the time with a wooden spoon or spatula. Cook this until the paste comes away from the side of the pan and forms a lump, then take the pan off the heat and let it cool a little. Put the paste into a bowl and stir in one egg, which must be completely blended in before the next egg is added, and so on until all the eggs have been incorporated. The paste is ready when it has a silky sheen and is supple and easy to pipe. When preparing swan shapes which need volume, preheat oven with steam to ensure an excellent rise and bake for 15 minutes to 20 minutes at 425 degrees Fahrenheit. To Shape Swan: Fill the piping bag with choux paste and pipe 6 large cream puff, the size of a small egg, then 6 very thin 5-inch long "S" shape which will form the head and the neck of the swan. When it is cooked and cooled, cut the top of the cream puff one-fourth of the way down. Fill the cream puff with chantilly cream (whipped cream). Cut the top of cream puff in two, placing the two pieces on either side of the cream to form the wings of the swan. Then place the bottom of the "S" shape in the chantilly cream. The swan is ready. Serve on plate with chocolate sauce.
GOURMET CREAM PUFF SWANS RECIPE
Although this recipe for cream puff swans has multiple steps, it's easy to follow along with, and you'll feel like a pro pastry chef in no time.
Provided by Eric Ngo,Tasting Table Staff
Categories dessert
Time 1h10m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat water, butter, sugar, and salt in a saucepan on low until butter has melted.
- Turn the heat to high, and allow the mixture to reach a rolling boil.
- Add the flour and stir with a stiff spatula until the mixture has the consistency of mashed potatoes.
- Turn the heat down to medium for one minute. Take off heat and set this panade aside to cool to room temperature.
- Crack the eggs into a bowl and stir with a fork.
- Transfer the room temperature panade to a kitchen stand mixer bowl.
- Using the paddle attachment, add the eggs in three parts at medium speed.
- Fill piping bags with the cream mixture. Pipe into 16 2-inch tear-drops (swan bodies) and 16 S-shaped squiggles (swan heads and necks).
- Preheat oven to 360 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Bake the swan bodies for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Bake the swan heads and necks for 15 to 20 minutes.
- Using a serrated knife or kitchen shears, slice off the top quarter of each swan body, and then slice each quarter into vertical halves.
- Fill the body with whipped cream.
- Add the vertically sliced halves to the sides as wings.
- Top with the head and neck piece.
- Serve immediately. Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 123 calories, Carbohydrate 9 g carbohydrates, Cholesterol 63 mg cholesterol, Fat 8 g fat, Fiber 0 g fiber, Protein 3 g protein, SaturatedFat 5 g saturated fat, ServingSize 0 g, Sodium 124 mg, Sugar 2 g, TransFat 0 g
SWAN CREAM PUFFS
Love these.. taste great - they ARE cream puffs, after all.
Provided by Linda Bouffard
Categories Other Desserts
Time 1h10m
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- 1. For full instructions come to my blog: http://www.craftsalamode.com/2013/12/swan-cream-puffs.html
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