Sunday, January 9, 2011

Chocolate Profiteroles

Hello friends….. Happy New Year to All… Wish you all a great year ahead !!!!!!!!!!!    I know I am late.. But better late than never…  right ??  JJJ    So how are your new year resolutions going on?  One of my resolutions is to peek into my friend’s blogs, and of course mine too, atleast once in a fortnight. Hope I can keep it for the whole of 2011 and later too.

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Ingredients:

              All purpose flour            --   ¾ cup
              Salt                                       --   ¼ tsp
              Grated nutmeg                --   a pinch
              Unsalted butter               --   6 tbsp
              Eggs                                      --   3
             Semi sweet chocolates  --   ½ cup
            Vanilla ice cream             --   4 cups

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Preparation:

Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease and prepare a baking sheet.

Sift together the flour , salt and nutmeg. In a medium sauce pan, add the butter and ¾ cup water and bring to boil.

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Remove from the heat and add the dry ingredients. Mix well with a wooden spoon for about a minute , until well blended and the mixture starts to pull away from the sides of the pan. Now keep the pan over low heat and cook the mixture for about a couple of  minutes stirring constantly.

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Remove from the heat. Add the eggs, one at a time to the flour mixture, beating well, until the dough is smooth and shiny.

 

Pipe the dough onto a baking sheet. You can also drop the dough onto the baking sheet, using a tablespoon.  Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the pastry is well risen and browned .Turn off the oven and the let the puffs cool with the oven door open.

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Split the Profiteroles in half and put a small scoop of ice cream in each. Serve with melted chocolate.

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23 comments:

  1. Happy New Nitha....:) Profiteroles looks really good... This is the first time I am hearing about this ....:D

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  2. Yumm, love these cute profiteroles, i can eat anytime..

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  3. I can't stand these profiteroles,I am now craving for something sweet.This is insane....and they are staring at me from the screen and I wish I could just pop one in my mouth RIGHT NOW :)))Happy New year to you too,Nitha !!! I definately hope to see more of you with your fantastic treats

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  4. Totally droolworthy..love it!
    Have a great n prosperous 2011 Nitha!:)


    US Masala

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  5. WOW....this is to drool for sure ....few for me and looks fab...lovely clicks dear

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  6. I once made these and we simply gorged on the delish treat. like your piping idea. looks wonderful.

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  7. Adipoli aayitundu..wish I could grab one:)

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  8. ohhh they looks awesome...drool :)

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  9. Happy New year Niths...Profiteroles i love these..Yummy and cute they looks ketto...

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  10. Nice chocolatey treat! Thanks for dropping by my blog. I stay in LA and we visited Portland during New Year.

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  11. This is truly inviting dear! Am drooling ;)

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  12. Wow, this looks so scrumptious! beautiful presentation!

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  13. Good resolution...and all the good wishes for a great year :-)What a perfect way to start the year with

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  14. Those clicks are so awesome.. make me drool..

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  15. wowww mouthwatering..awesome click

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