Description
These Gold-Dusted Chocolate Profiteroles are elegant French choux puffs filled with vanilla pastry cream, dipped in dark chocolate ganache, and topped with shimmering edible gold. A perfect show-stopping dessert for special occasions, holiday spreads, or fancy dinner parties.
Ingredients
1 cup water
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
4 large eggs
2 cups whole milk
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup cornstarch
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
6 ounces dark chocolate (60% cocoa or higher)
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon edible gold dust
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet. In a saucepan, bring water and butter to a boil.
2. Add flour all at once and stir vigorously until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
3. Beat in eggs one at a time until dough is smooth and glossy.
4. Pipe small rounds onto baking sheet. Bake for 25 minutes until puffed and golden. Let cool.
5. For pastry cream: Heat milk, sugar, and cornstarch in a saucepan until thick. Stir in vanilla and cool.
6. Fill cooled puffs with pastry cream using a piping bag.
7. Heat cream and pour over chopped chocolate. Stir until smooth to make ganache.
8. Dip tops of profiteroles in ganache.
9. While wet, lightly dust with edible gold. Let set before serving.
Notes
Use a piping bag for even-sized puffs.
Chill pastry cream fully before filling.
Only add gold dust while ganache is slightly wet.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 profiteroles
- Calories: 210
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 45mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 95mg