Description
These Double Chocolate Cream Puffs are a decadent dessert featuring crisp chocolate choux pastry shells filled with a rich chocolate pastry cream and topped with smooth chocolate ganache.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (110g) unsalted butter
- 1 cup (240ml) water
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp (15g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/4 cups (300ml) milk
- 1/4 cup (50g) sugar
- 2 tbsp (15g) cornstarch
- 2 tbsp (15g) flour
- 2 tbsp (15g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 oz (60g) semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp (15g) unsalted butter
- 4 oz (120g) semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 cup (120ml) whipping cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a saucepan, combine butter, water, salt, and cocoa powder. Bring to a boil.
- Add flour all at once and stir vigorously until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the pan and forms a ball.
- Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition until smooth.
- Transfer the dough to a piping bag and pipe small mounds onto the baking sheet.
- Bake for 30–35 minutes until puffed and dry. Let cool completely.
- For the filling, heat milk in a saucepan until hot but not boiling.
- In a bowl, mix sugar, cornstarch, flour, cocoa, and egg yolks. Gradually pour in the hot milk while whisking constantly.
- Return the mixture to the saucepan and cook over medium heat, whisking constantly until thickened.
- Remove from heat and add chopped chocolate, vanilla, and butter. Mix until smooth. Let cool, then refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- For the ganache, heat cream in a small saucepan until simmering. Pour over chopped chocolate and let sit 1 minute, then stir until smooth.
- Cut tops off the cream puffs and fill with chocolate pastry cream. Replace tops and drizzle with chocolate ganache.
Notes
- Ensure you stir constantly while cooking the pastry cream to avoid lumps.
- Use a piping bag for even-sized cream puffs.
- Chill the pastry cream completely before filling the puffs.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cream puff
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 12g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 24g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 85mg
