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Sweet choux pastry buns

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2017-11-23

Ingredients

For the basic choux recipe

  • 125ml water
  • 75g butter (President)
  • 100g plain flour
  • 3 to 4 eggs
  • ¼ tsp baking powder
  • Pinch of salt

Craqueline topping

  • 115g butter (President)
  • 220g brown sugar
  • 125g flour
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder

Chocolate mousse filling

  • 200g dark chocolate (ICAM)
  • 1 tbsp butter (President)
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • Vanilla essence
  • Tot of dark rum
  • 250ml fresh cream

Chocolate ricotta filling

  • 1 tub ricotta cheese (Benna)
  • 100g fresh cream (Benna)
  • 200g dark chocolate (ICAM)
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar
  • Vanilla essence
  • Zest of an orange
  • Tot of liqueur

Method

For the choux paste Place the butter, water and salt in a saucepan and bring gently to the boil. Take off the heat, stir in sifted flour and baking powder and mix lightly with the aid of a wooden spoon until it forms a dough. Put back on the heat and cook until it comes away from the sides and bottom of the pan. Transfer the obtained dough into a mixing bowl & start beating 1 egg, allow incorporating well before adding in the next one, repeat process with the third egg. Mixture should be of a slow dropping consistency. Pipe the choux paste on greased baking trays and bake at180`c for approximately 25 minutes. For the Craqueline Cream the butter and brown sugar; knead in flour and cocoa powder. Roll the pastry between 2 sheets of cling film and chill. Cut discs out of pastry according to size of your choux buns and place on top of your pastries before baking. For the mousses filling Melt the chocolate together with the butter. Whip the cream with the sugar and vanilla.Separate the eggs, whisk the yolks in the chocolate and whip the whites. Fold the chocolate into the cream, add the liqueur and finally the whites. For the ricotta filing Beat the ricotta with the icing sugar, vanilla essence and orange zest. Heat up the cream and melt in the chocolate, whisk into the ricotta with the liqueur.
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Ingredients

Għar-riċetta tal-għagina

  • 125ml ilma
  • 75g butir
  • 100g dqiq
  • 3 sa 4 bajdiet
  • kwart ta’ kuċċarina baking powder
  • ftit melħ

Għall-wiċċ

  • 115g butir
  • 220g zokkor ismar
  • 125g dqiq
  • Mgħarfa ‘cocoa powder’

Mili taċ-ċikkulata

  • 100ml krema friska
  • 200g ċikkulata skura
  • mgħarfa butir
  • 2 mgħaref zokkor
  • 2 bajdiet
  • essenza tal-vanilla
  • grokk rum
  • 250ml krema friska

Mili tal-irkotta u ċikkulata

  • tub irkotta
  • 100g krema friska
  • 200g ċikkulata skura
  • 2 mgħaref zokkor fin
  • essenza tal-vanilla
  • qoxra ta’ larinġa
  • grokk likur

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