Cream Puff Gateau

Name: Cream Puff Gateau
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter, cut into pieces, plus more for buttering pans; 5 larges eggs, at room temperature; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 355 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 59 milliliters powdered sugar; 3 Tbsps strawberry or raspberry preserves; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp sugar; 237 milliliters unsweetened flaked coconut (see Notes)

You can never have too many side dish recipes, so give Cream Puff Gateau a try. This recipe serves 8. One serving contains 463 calories, 7g of protein, and 38g of fat. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. If you have coconut, eggs, raspberry preserves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 40

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Butter 3 large baking sheets and set aside.

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Butter

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Baking Sheet

In a medium pan over medium heat, melt 1/2 cup butter with 1 cup water; bring mixture to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and immediately add flour, sugar, and salt all at once. Stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until the mixture forms a ball that pulls away from sides of pan, about 1 minute.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Frying Pan

Remove from heat.

Add eggs one at a time, stirring vigorously to fully incorporate each egg before adding the next. The mixture will appear to separate at first; keep stirring until dough comes together into a smooth paste.

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Dough

Egg

Divide dough evenly among the 3 prepared baking sheets. Using a spatula, spread dough into 8-in. circles.

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Spread

Dough

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Baking Sheet

Spatula

Bake pastry layers 20 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 and bake until browned, 10 to 15 minutes. (Pastry may be baked in batches.)

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Transfer layers to cooling racks and set aside. Meanwhile, spread coconut on a baking sheet and bake at 350 until lightly toasted, about 10 minutes.

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Coconut

Spread

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Baking Sheet

Oven

In a large bowl, beat cream to soft peaks.

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Cream

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Bowl

Add powdered sugar and beat to combine.

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Powdered Sugar

Spread each pastry layer with 1 tbsp. preserves, then top each with 1/3 of the whipped cream and 1/3 of the coconut. Stack the circles and slice with a serrated knife.

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Whipped Cream