Recipes
—From Isa Caterer & Event Maker, Glen Ellen, CA
Ingredients
Profiteroles- 4 tbsp. Unsalted butter
- pinch of salt
- Pinch of cayenne (optional)
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
- 3 eggs, at room temperature
- 6 oz. Redwood Hill Farm 3-Pepper or Plain Chèvre
- 1/2 cup very finely diced vegetables: any combination of red peppers, celery, cucumbers, chives, red onion, carrot, olives, and tomatoes
Instructions
Prepare the Profiteroles- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- In a medium saucepan, bring butter and salt and cayenne and 2/3 of a cup of water to a boil.
- Add flour all at once and stir briskly with a wooden spoon to form soft dough.
- Continue stirring over medium heat for 2 minutes to dry out dough.
- Turn off heat and add one egg at a time, beating well after each addition until eggs are totally absorbed.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment or butter and flour the baking sheet, or pipe with a pastry bag 26 evenly spaced equal size little mounds of the choux dough.
- Bake for 10 minutes then reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking about 20 minutes until puffs are golden brown.
- Mash the chèvre until smooth.
- Stir in diced vegetables.
- Slice profiteroles in half and fill bottom half with mixture.
Serve with fresh tomato soup or salad.