Step-by-step method

At a glance

You're making elegant choux pastry puffs filled with creamy custard and fresh strawberries—a fancy treat that looks restaurant-quality but comes together in about an hour and twenty minutes. The trickiest part is getting the choux dough right by watching it form a ball and pull away from the pan, plus managing your timing since you need to bake the puffs, make the custard, whip the cream, and assemble everything before serving.

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Make the dough

Put the milk, water and butter into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the flour, sugar and salt, stirring well until the dough forms a ball that starts pulling away from the bottom and sides of the pan. That's how you know it's ready.

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100 milliliter
Fresh Whole Milk (3.5% Fat)

100 milliliter
Water

80 gram
Unsalted Butter

120 gram
All-purpose wheat flour

10 gram
Caster sugar

2 gram
Salt
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Beat in the eggs

Transfer the dough to a bowl and let it cool briefly. Then beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing until the dough is smooth and glossy.

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4 piece
Chicken Eggs
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Pipe the shapes

Fill a piping bag fitted with a round tip about 2.5 cm wide and pipe "logs" roughly 8 cm long onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Leave plenty of space between each piece, as the pastry puffs up quite a bit while baking.

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Sprinkle with almonds

Sprinkle the tops with chopped almonds.

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50 gram
Sliced Almonds
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Bake

Bake in an oven preheated to 180 °C until golden, about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool completely before filling.
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Make the custard – crème pâtissière

Pour the milk into a saucepan. Split the vanilla pod lengthwise, add the seeds to the milk and bring to a boil. Whisk together the egg yolks and sugar, then add the cornstarch and whisk until the mixture is pale yellow and thickened.

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400 gram
Fresh Whole Milk (3.5% Fat)

1 piece
Vanilla Bean

4 piece
Egg Yolk

80 gram
Caster sugar

30 gram
Cornstarch
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Whisk in the butter

Slowly pour the hot milk into the egg yolk mixture, whisking constantly. Pour everything back into the saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook until the mixture thickens, then whisk in the butter. Cover with plastic wrap and let cool.

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25 gram
Unsalted Butter
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Whip the cream

Whip the cream and fold it into the custard. Split the baked pastry ovals and fill them with the custard and strawberries.

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250 gram
Whipping Cream 33%

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Strawberry Puffs

Name: Irresistible Strawberry Puffs
Prep time: 17 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 82 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 400 gram Fresh Whole Milk (3.5% Fat); 90 gram Caster sugar; 120 gram All-purpose wheat flour; 30 gram Cornstarch; 4 piece Chicken Eggs; 250 gram Whipping Cream 33%; 1 piece Vanilla Bean; 2 gram Salt; 100 milliliter Fresh Whole Milk (3.5% Fat); 105 gram Unsalted Butter; 50 gram Sliced Almonds; 4 piece Egg Yolk; 100 milliliter Water

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Prep 17 min Cook 55 min

13 Ingredients

8 Steps

Very hard Difficulty

Equipment

What you'll need besides the ingredients.

Piping bag

One Way Piping Bags 30x17 cm, 100 Pack 17 × 17 cm · 100 pcs per pack

One Way Piping Bags 36x20 cm, 100-Pack 20 × 20 cm · 100 pcs per pack

Piping nozzle

JEM Decorating Tip JEM – Petal / Ruffle #104 #104

JEM JEM Decorating Tip – Open Star #13 (Small) #13

Baking sheet

Baking paper

Whisk

What's in it?

363 kcal

Calories

25 g

Carbohydrates

26 g

Fats

8 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

Delightful choux pastry treats inspired by Ladurée. In the original they're called – plaisirs gourmands – gourmet delights. Thanks to your suggestion on our Facebook page, they're now known as strawberry puffs.

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Make the dough

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Beat in the eggs

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Pipe the shapes

Sprinkle with almonds

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Bake

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Whisk in the butter

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Strawberry Puffs

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