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Custard Cream Puff
Built around water and butter -- the method starts by make the choux pastry: bring the water.
Anchored by water, butter and flour, this bakery dish starts by make the choux pastry: bring the water and comes together in about 20 minutes -- the kind of medium recipe that earns a permanent spot in the rotation.
Ready in 20 minutes -- genuinely doable on a weeknight.
A few technique steps to focus on, but nothing that needs special equipment.
Built around water, so the flavor comes from real ingredients, not a spice packet.
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup (115 g) butter
- plus 4 more ingredients
Method
Make the choux pastry: bring the water and butter to a boil, then add all the flour at once and stir hard over the heat 1-2 minutes until it forms a smooth ball that leaves the sides of the pan.
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