Chouquette Choux Pastry
Servings: 30 chouquettes
Iconic treat for French kids' afternoon snack, bought at the boulangerie / bakery or homemade. Simple recipe Prepare the choux pastry, form balls, add egg yolk and sugar rocks then bake 10 minutes in the oven.
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Equipment
- Piping bag and brush (optional)
Ingredients
- 125 ml milk
- 125 ml water
- 100 gr butter
- 1 pinch salt about 4 gr
- 150 gr flour ideally all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs 3 for batter 1 to glaze
- sugar rocks
Instructions
First prepare the choux pastry
- Prepare all ingredients in advance as everything goes very fast and pre-heat your oven to 180°C (350°F).
- Over a medium heat bring the water, milk and butter to the boil. Do this slowly so that the butter has plenty of time to melt. At the first broth, remove from the heat and add all the flour at once. Stir vigorously until you get a homogeneous mixture. Keep on stirring for 1-2 minutes until the dough comes away from the sides of the pan.
- Pour into a bowl. In a separate bowl, beat an egg and stir it into the mixture. Repeat with the 2 remaining eggs. If you want to go faster, beat the 2 eggs and stir them in gradually.
- Your choux pastry is finished.
Bake
- To make the chouquettes, place small dollops on a baking sheet covered with greaseproof paper using either a piping bag or a spoon. Make sure you leave enough room between the chouquettes as they will expand during the baking process.
- Beat the last egg, mix it with a little water. Glaze the chouquettes using a brush and then sprinkle grains of sugar on top. Be generous with the sugar as the cakes will expand meaning the sugar rocks won’t be all over each other. What’s more the sugar rocks are the only sweet element in the recipe.
- Bake 10 minutes at 180°C (350°F). At a 5 minute mark, open the oven door for 5 seconds. His will remove the steam from the oven and prevent the chouquettes from falling flat later on.
Notes
Tip: What makes the chouquettes puff up? According to Hervé This, French chemist, co-founder of molecular gastronomy “It’s mostly the water making the dough inflate and thus expand. The eggs provide this water. When heated from below on the stove, the water that evaporates gives off a lot of steam, which in turn causes the mixture to inflate.”