Cream Puffs With Lemon Cream Filling Food

CREAM PUFFS I

Steps:

• For the custard: In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 5 tablespoons flour and a pinch of salt. Stir in milk, a little at a time, until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 60 seconds, then pour a small amount of hot liquid into the 2 egg yolks, and stir. Then return now heated egg yolks to saucepan and stir, over heat, until mixture starts to bubble again. Remove from heat, add vanilla. Cover and chill in refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• For the pastry: In a medium saucepan, combine shortening and water and bring to a boil. Sift together 1 cup flour and a pinch of salt and pour all at once into boiling mixture. Stir vigorously until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat, and add eggs, one at a time, stirring vigorously after each addition. Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet, or pipe into desired shape.
• Bake 10 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and bake 25 minutes more, or until golden. Cool completely, split, fill with custard, and replace tops.

YES, YOU CAN MAKE HOMEMADE CREAM PUFFS, WE PROMISE

Steps:

• For the Italian custard cream: Put the milk and the vanilla in a saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat
• In a bowl, whip together the sugar, flour, and egg yolks with a hand mixer
• Ladle a cup of the milk-vanilla mixture into the bowl and beat to temper the yolks
• Add the yolk mixture to the pot and beat over medium heat with the hand mixer until thick and creamy, about 1 minute
• As you are beating, move the pot on and off the flame so that you don't scramble the eggs
• (Buddy's Tip: The longer you cook this cream, the thicker it will become, so you can -- and should -- adjust the texture to suit your taste
• ) Remove the pot from the heat, add the butter, and whip for 2 minutes to thicken the cream
• Transfer to a bowl
• Let cool, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate at least 6 hours or up to 1 week
• (To make chocolate custard cream, add 1½ ounces melted, cooled unsweetened chocolate along with the butter
• For a richer chocolate flavor, add a little more
• ) For the choux pastry: Put the water, butter, and salt in a heavy saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat
• Add the flour and stir with a wooden spoon until the ingredients come together in a smooth, uniform dough, about 2 minutes
• Transfer the mixture to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment
• (You may also use a hand mixer
• ) Start paddling on low speed, then add the eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly absorbed, mixing for 1 minute between eggs, and stopping the motor periodically to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula
• Finish with the final egg and mix for an additional two minutes
• (Buddy's Tip: Use the dough immediately
• It does not refrigerate well
• ) For the cream puffs: Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 450F
• Transfer the dough into a pastry bag fitted with the #6 plain tip
• Pipe rounds onto two non-stick baking trays, about 2 inches in diameter by about ½ inch high, leaving 2 inches between puffs
• (You should be able to make 24 puffs
• ) Bake the cream puff shells in the oven, in batches if necessary, until they are golden brown and they have set enough that you can pick them up (test by gently pinching one with your thumb and forefinger to see if it can be lifted), 15 to 20 minutes
• Remove the tray from the oven and let the shells cool on the tray for 20 minutes
• (The cream puff shells can be frozen in a plastic freezer bag for up to 1 month; let come to room temperature before cutting and filling
• ) Fill the puffs by either cutting them in half horizontally with a serrated knife and piping them full of Italian Custard Cream, or by using your pinkie to hollow out the puffs from the bottom and piping the cream into them through the hole

LEMON CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large saucepan, bring water and butter to a boil. Add flour all at once, stirring until a smooth ball forms. Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until mixture is smooth. , Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks. Immediately split puffs and remove tops; discard soft dough from inside. Set puffs and tops aside to cool., For filling, in a small heavy saucepan, combine egg, sugar, lemon juice and butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Transfer to a small bowl; refrigerate until partially set., In a large bowl, beat cream and sugar until stiff peaks form; fold into lemon mixture. Fill cream puffs; replace tops. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

CREAM PUFFS WITH CUSTARD FILLING

Steps:

• For creampuffs: heat the water and margarine to boiling in a saucepan. Stir in all at once the sifted flour.
• Stir constantly with a wooden spoon until mixture leaves pan and forms into a ball (about 1 minute). Remove from heat; cool.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth after each addition. Beat mixture until smooth and velvety.
• Drop from teaspoonfuls onto lightly greased cookie sheet. Bake about 15 minutes in 425 degree oven then reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 10-15 minutes more.
• Remove from oven, gut gash to allow steam to escape (I guess in the middle so you can fill them). Fill with custard filling.
• For custard filling: melt margarine in a saucepan. Blend in cornstarch, sugar and salt. Gradually add milk. Heat to boiling over direct heat. Stir mixture into slightly beaten egg yolks.
• Return to heat and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Add vanilla. Cool thoroughly. Makes 2 cups.

LEMON CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• 1. In a large saucepan, bring water and butter to a boil. Add flour and salt all at once, stirring until a smooth ball forms. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until mixture is smooth.
• 2. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 3 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Bake at 400° for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire racks. Immediately split puffs and remove tops; discard soft dough from inside. Set puffs and tops aside to cool.
• 3. For filling, in a small heavy saucepan, combine the egg, sugar, lemon juice and butter. Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Transfer to a small bowl; refrigerate until partially set. In a large bowl, beat cream and sugar until stiff peaks form; fold into lemon mixture. Fill cream puffs; replace tops. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• To make the cream puffs: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. In a large saucepan, bring the water, butter, salt, and granulated sugar to a rolling boil over medium-high heat. When it boils, immediately take the pan off the heat. Stirring with a wooden spoon, add all the flour at once and stir hard until all the flour is incorporated, 30 to 60 seconds. Return the pan to the heat and cook, stirring, 30 seconds to evaporate some of the moisture.
• Scrape the mixture into a mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Mix at medium speed. With the mixer running, and working 1 egg at a time, add 3 of the eggs, stopping after each addition to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Mix until the dough is smooth and glossy and the eggs are completely incorporated. The dough should be thick, but should fall slowly and steadily from the beaters when you lift them out of the bowl. If the dough is still clinging to the beaters, add the remaining egg and mix until incorporated.
• Using a pastry bag fitted with a large plain tip, pipe the dough onto the baking sheet, in 2-inch diameter rounds or balls. Whisk the remaining egg with 1 1/2 teaspoons water. Brush the surface of the rounds with the egg wash to knock down the points (you may not use all the egg wash). Bake 15 minutes, then reduce the heat to 375 degrees F and bake until puffed up, and light golden brown, about 20 minutes more. Try not to open the oven door too often during the baking. Let cool on the baking sheet.
• To fill the cream puffs, place a pastry tip on your finger and poke a whole in the bottom of each puff. Whip the cream with the sugar and vanilla until stiff. Pipe whipped cream into each cream puff and chill until ready to serve, no more than 4 hours.
• Notes about the recipe: The moisture in the eggs turns to steam and puffs the batter to try to release itself. You can fill them with anything.

OLD-FASHIONED CREAM PUFFS WITH CHANTILLY CREAM FILLING

Steps:

• Combine water and butter in a heavy saucepan and place over medium heat. Cook until butter is melted and water comes to a boil.
• Add all the flour and salt.
• Stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until mixture is smooth and leaves side of pan, forming a ball.
• Turn off heat and add first egg. Beat until well mixed. (You can use an electric mixer to beat in eggs.
• Continue adding eggs, one at a time, beating well after the addition of each egg.
• Add the egg white last.
• Beat until smooth.
• Cover lightly and let stand until cool.
• Spoon pastry into icing bag with a 1-inch plain piping tube attached and pipe into large puffs on a lightly-greased baking sheet. Do not place too close together.
• Bake in a preheated 450 degree oven for 8 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 45 minutes longer or until dry.
• Do not under cook or they will "fall" and be unrecoverable.
• As soon as the puffs have been removed from the oven, make a slit in the side of each.
• Let cool thoroughly on wire racks.
• Filling: Whip the cream with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form. Add confectioners' sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating gently. Add the brandy, a small amount at a time. Fold in the egg white gently, but thoroughly.
• Make a small hole in the side of each puff with the tip of a small knife.
• Pipe whipped cream into each puff.
• Dust generously with confectioners' sugar.

LEMON CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 425°F.
• In a medium sauce pan, bring the water and butter to a boil, ensuring that the butter is fully melted.
• Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the flour and salt with a wooden or silicone spoon until a ball of dough forms.
• Transfer the dough ball to the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a whisk attachment.
• Add the eggs one at a time and beat on medium speed until each one is fully incorporated before adding the next.
• Spoon 1-2 tablespoons (1 for small or 2 for large puffs) of the batter onto an ungreased or Silpat-lined (recommended) baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes for smaller cream puffs, or until golden brown. Bake for 25-30 minutes for larger cream puffs.
• Remove the cream puffs from the oven, and with a toothpick or tip of a knife, poke a small hole into each one to allow the steam to escape and the centers to dry out as they cool.
• While the cream puffs are cooling, whip up the lemon cream.
• Place your mixing bowl and whisk attachment into the freezer for 15-20 minutes before you make the lemon cream.
• Remove the mixing bowl and whisk attachment from the freezer and add the heavy cream, sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice to the bowl.
• Beat on high for 5-6 minutes or until stiff peaks form.
• Once the cream puffs are fully cool, either pipe the lemon cream into the centers by poking a hole through the puff, or cut the tops off and fill with the cream. Once filled, replace the top.
• Add a light dusting of powdered sugar and/or a sprinkle of extra lemon zest, if desired.

LEMON CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 F. Line 2 lightly colored baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
• For the pate a choux: combine the water, butter, and salt in a medium-sized saucepan. Place over medium heat until the butter has melted. Then increase heat to high and bring to a rolling boil. Remove the pan from the heat, and add the flour all at once, stirring vigorously.
• Return the pan to the burner and cook over medium heat, stirring the whole time until the mixture smooths out and follows the spoon around the pan (about 30 seconds). Remove the pan from the heat, and let the mixture cool for 5 to 10 minutes. It'll still feel hot, but you should be able to hold a finger in it for a few seconds. (You want to cool the mixture so you don't cook your eggs when you beat them in.)
• Transfer the mixture to a bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, and beat in eggs one at a time. It'll look curdled, but when you add the last egg it should become smooth. Beat for at least 2 minutes after adding the last egg.
• Using a generously filled tablespoon cookie scoop, drop the thick batter onto the prepared baking sheets in 3- to 4-tablespoon mounds. Space the mounds about 3" apart, to allow for expansion. Bake 15 minutes, then reduce oven temperature to 350°F and bake an additional 25 minutes, until pastries are a medium golden brown. Don't open the oven door while the pastries are baking.
• Remove the cream puff shells from the oven. Make a small slit in the top of each, and return to the oven for 5 minutes. This will allow the steam to escape. Place them on a rack to cool. When they're cool enough to handle, split each in half to make top and bottom pieces; splitting and exposing the centers to air will help keep them from becoming soggy.
• For the lemon filling: Mix lemon pudding, heavy cream and milk together to combine. Then beat for 2-3 minutes until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla, lemon zest and sugar. Fill each cream puff generously with filling and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.

LEMON CURD FOR CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• Whisk together egg, yolks, sugar, lemon zest and juice, and salt. Bring to a simmer in a medium saucepan over medium heat, whisking constantly. Cook until mixture is thickened, 4 to 5 minutes. Strain through a fine sieve into a bowl. Whisk in butter. Press plastic wrap directly onto surface of lemon curd, and refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour or up to overnight.