Miniature Sweet Puffs

Name: Miniature Sweet Puffs
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 25
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp confectioners sugar; 25 servings Confectioners sugar; 2 larges eggs; 118 milliliters all-purpose flour; 118 milliliters heavy cream, chilled; 25 servings Freshly squeezed lemon juice, to taste; 237 milliliters raspberries; 0 teaspoons fine salt; 2 Tbsps sugar; 3 Tbsps sugar, plus more to taste; 1 Tbsp turbinado sugar, for sprinkling, optional, recommended: Sugar in the Raw; 4 Tbsps (1/2 stick) unsalted butter; 118 milliliters water

Need a vegetarian hor d'oeuvre? Miniature Sweet Puffs could be an amazing recipe to try. This recipe makes 25 servings with 96 calories, 1g of protein, and 4g of fat each. This recipe covers 2% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 45 minutes. A mixture of confectioners' sugar, turbinado sugar, sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

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Oven

Bring the water, butter, salt, and sugar to a boil in a saucepan, over medium-high heat. Pull pan from the heat, add the flour at once and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until all the flour is incorporated, about 1 minute. Return the pan to the heat and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes to evaporate some of the water and "cook" out the flour. The dough will get a bit shiny and stick to the pan a little.

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Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Wooden Spoon

Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Transfer the mixture into an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.

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Hand Mixer

Mix together on medium speed, and, while the mixer is running, add 1 egg. Stop the mixer and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Repeat, adding the other egg.

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Egg

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Blender

Bowl

Mix until the dough is smooth and glossy and eggs are uniformly incorporated.

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Dough

Egg

Using a pastry bag fitted with a plain tip, pipe the dough onto the baking sheet, into 1/4 to 1/2-inch balls. (Use a damp finger, to dab down the points of the dough to make perfect balls.)

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Dough

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Baking Sheet

Pastry Bag

Sprinkle with the turbinado sugar, if desired.

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Turbinado Sugar

Bake 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 375 degrees F (without opening the oven door), and bake until puffed up, and a rich golden brown, about 15 minutes more.

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Oven

Remove and poke with a toothpick.

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Toothpicks

Bake an additional 10 minutes to dry the insides of the puffs. Cool on a rack.

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Oven

Cut puffs in half and fill with Raspberry Cream, ice cream or your favorite filling. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve.

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Powdered Sugar

Ice Cream

Raspberries

Cream

Mash the berries and sugar in a small saucepan with a wooden spoon. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring frequently until the berries break down and get juicy, about 5 minutes. Strain mixture through a fine-meshed sieve into a bowl; discard the seeds. Cool. Adjust the sweetness or tartness of the sauce with more sugar and lemon juice, as needed.

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Lemon Juice

Berries

Sauce

Seeds

Sugar

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Wooden Spoon

Sauce Pan

Sieve

Bowl

Beat the cream until it holds a light peak. Sift the confectioners' sugar into the cream. Continue beating until the cream holds a holds a soft, but firm peak. Gently fold raspberry sauce into the whipped cream until blended. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator until needed.

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Powdered Sugar

Raspberry Sauce