Basically, it's a shortbread crust, with the pate choux on top....flavored with almond extract, and an almond flavored icing. So good....I found the recipe online here...so, if you're up for it one morning, DEFINITELY try it.
Ok .. so on to my recipe for this week...Caroline at A Consuming Passion chose this week's recipe. Originally it was a Peppermint Cream Puff Ring....well...the peppermint didn't sound so good to me, so I put chocolate pastry cream in mine....which.....well, I should have learned my lesson long ago that Dorie loves her dark chocolate much more than I do..I wish I'd used semisweet....or gone with the vanilla pastry cream..which I LOVE.
Actually, when talking to Ugg about it....I wish I'd made Sanders Hot Fudge Cream Puffs! Another favorite dessert as a child...that would have entailed making the pate choux, and filling with ice cream, and topping with hot fudge..sounds good, right? Hmm...maybe I'll have one for lunch!
So -- the pate choux was fun to make, really....I'd made it tons of times when I helped mom make the Danish Puff...and I just LOVE it. I didn't bother with the stand mixer, since I'd never used it before when making it...
I didn't have the correct piping tip, so I just used a ziploc and cut a hole.....I didn't exactly get rings...I got more puffs....and with the chocolate pastry cream it looks rather "clam like"...but, Ugg enjoyed eating it! I loved the way the pate choux tasted....and I ate it plain!
Check out everyone's variations here , and it you want the recipe, you can get it on Caroline's blog.
Up Next Week: Mixed Berry Cobbler chosen by Beth of Our Sweet Life
PS -- I will be skipping next week's TWD....since it's my BIRTHDAY and all...I will see you all in a couple weeks.
16 comments:
I love the idea of the chocolate ones. Regardless of if you liked them of not, they are GORGEOUS! :)
They are looking great although you are not a chocolate lover
Ulrike from Küchenlatein
They look great! I ended up doing a strawberry/milk chocolate combo, but I think a vanilla pastry cream would be fabulous!
These were meant for ice cream, don't you think? And hot fudge sauce and sprinkles, of course!
Ooh, great job! Have a fun birthday!
Looks lovely! And I'm sure they tasted the same.
Dorie's chocolate pastry cream is soooo good. Happy Birthday!
Oh, that chocolate filling looks absolutley delcious!! I think I will try it the next time I make this! Yum!
chocolate chocolate chocolate. yum! great job!
No on the chocolate??? Really??? You did a wonderful job!
That looks so good!
These look very good indeed! Excellent job.
They look fabulous - and I bet they were great. I made a chocolate pastry cream too only I went with milk chocolate. The hot fudge one sounds amazing though.
I love your ice cream and hot fudge idea. And thank you for sharing your "food memories" of Danish Puffs. Have a very happy birthday!
Dorie *does* like her super-dark chocolate, doesn't she? Your ice cream version sounds like the perfect antidote to the heat wave we're enduring in northern California. Great job!
they look great! i don't care for dark chocolate either, and used semisweet chocolate in my pastry cream - it was delicious!
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