Orange Cream Profiteroles

10 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup plain flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup cream
  • 3 tablespoons Cointreau liqueur
  • 1 orange, zest of
  • 1 tablespoon caster sugar
  • 50 g chocolate (optional)

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 200C (390F).
  2. 2
    Sift the flour and salt together then in a large saucepan boil butter and the water. Remove from the heat then add the flour and salt and beat with a wooden spoon until well blended and smooth, return the pan to a low heat for around 2 minutes while beating continuously then remove from the heat.
  3. 3
    Beat the three eggs into the mixture, it will curdle at first but keep stirring until it is smooth and glossy.
  4. 4
    On a greased pan drop tbsp sized balls of the mixture and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
  5. 5
    Whip the cream and then add the sugar, rind and Cointreu and beat for another minute.
  6. 6
    Using a piping gun poke a small hole in the top of the profiterole and fill each of them, Then pour melted chocolate over the hole.

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