Recipe By : Nana & Bon Appetit 3/96
Serving Size : 18 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Desserts
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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Cream Puffs
3/4 cup water
3 tablespoons unsalted butter -- cut into pieces
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup flour
3 large eggs
Filling
1 cup whipping cream -- chilled
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 teaspoon vanilla
6 large strawberries -- hulled
Strawberry Sauce
2 pints strawberries -- hulled
3 tablespoons sugar
Powdered su
For cream puffs: Preheat oven to 375. Line baking sheet with parchment
paper. Combine water, butter, salt and sugar in a heavy medium saucepan.
Bring to a boil, stirring to melt butter. Add flour; using a wooden spoon,
stir vigorously until mixture clumps together, forming a ball. Stir 1 minute
longer. Remove from heat; transfer dough to medium bowl. Using an electric
mixer, add eggs 1 at a time, beating until dough is smooth after each
addition. (Dough will be slightly soft and shiny). Using 1 rounded
tablespoon of dough for each cream puff, spoon dough onto the prepared baking
sheet, spacing them about 2" apart and forming mounds about 3/4" to 1 " high
and 1 1/4" in diameter. Using moist fingertips, gently press tops of cream
puffs to flatten any peaks. Bake until golden brown about 37 minutes.
Transfer baking sheet to a rack; let cream puffs cool. (Can be made 4 hours
ahead. let stand at room temperature.)
For Filling: beat cream, 1 teaspoon of sugar, and vanilla in a medium bowl
until stiff peaks form. Combine 6 strawberries and 2 tablespoons of sugar in
a small bowl. Using a fork, crush berriess. Fold crushed strawberry mixture
into cream.
For Sauce: Place 1 1/2 pints of strawberries and sugar in food processor or
blender. Puree, adding a bit of water if necessary. Slice remaining
strawberries and stir into sauce.
Cut top third off of each cream puff. Place cream puff bottoms, cut side up,
on plates. Spoon filling into bottoms, mounded slightly. Ladle sauce over
top, allowing sauce to spill onto plates. Top with cream puff tops. Dust
with powdered sugar.
