Profiteroles with White Chocolate Mousse & Chocolate Sauce

Thanks to Bitayavon Magazine for sharing this recipe.

An elegant and surprisingly easy dessert to make, profiteroles (or little cream puffs) can be filled with virtually anything you like, both savory and sweet.

Ingredients:

3/4 stick butter or margarine
3/4 cup water
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup flour
2 tablespoons sugar
3 eggs

Mousse-
½ cup heavy cream
9 ounces white chocolate, melted

Chocolate Sauce-
1/2 cup heavy cream
7 ounces milk or semisweet dark chocolate

Directions:

1. Heat butter, water and salt in a pot on high heat, and bring to a boil.

2. Remove from heat and quickly add flour. Mix with a wooden spoon until you can form a ball.

3. Let cool for a few minutes.

4. Transfer batter to a mixing bowl and add eggs one at a time, then fill a piping bag with the mixture.

5. Pipe 2 inch circles onto a cookie sheet.

6. Dip a finger in water to push down tip of profiteroles to ensure that they cook evenly and don’t burn.

7. Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly brown.

8. Set aside to cool.

9. To prepare the mousse: Beat cream until stiff peaks form.

10. Melt white chocolate in microwave or by placing a heatproof bowl over a pot of simmering water.

11. Beat white chocolate with cream.

12. Slice profiteroles in half.

13. Pipe in white chocolate mousse or ice cream.

14. Top with chocolate sauce.

 Tip: You can add more sugar to the profiterole batter if you want a sweeter dough, but keep in mind that the filling is pretty sweet.