A sweet monday treat : profiteroles with vanilla ice cream and red berries sauce....

My French friend Pascale is now an avid follower of the week end tea parties celebrating Monchéri's birthday during the whole month of march. She knew profiteroles were on schedule last saturday and came in advance to help me for the final preparations. She also brought some flowers from the field which made me think I should pick up flowers more often in the countryside. Aren't they lovely ?I thought you might want to try this very easy and delicious version of profiteroles. These are all the ingredients you need

to make about 30 petits choux like these
you then need some vanilla ice cream to fill them in and some ready made or homemade red berry or raspberry only sauce
et voilà....your profiteroles are ready ! of course they're also delicious with hot chocolate sauce but this is a more spring/summer version....

Enjoy !!

Recipe for the pâte à choux

8 cl of water
10 cl of milk
4 g (1teaspoon) of salt
4 g (1 teaspoon) of sugar
75g of butter
100g of flour
3 whole eggs

Pour the milk and water in a pan; add the salt, the sugar and the butter. Cook until the mixture is boiling, stirring with a wooden spatula
Add the flour in one go and stir energetically with the spatula until the dough is smooth and homogeneous. When the dough isn't sticky any more, keep on stirring 2 or 3 mn
Transfer the dough in a bowl; Add the eggs one by one, making sure each egg is perfectly incorporated before adding the next one.
Keep on stirring the preparation, until it is smooth and firm enough.

Preheat the oven at 200ºC.
Make the petits choux on the oven tray and bake for 20 mn/30 mn at 200ºC.

For the red berry or raspberry sauce, you need :

1 lemon
750g of mixed red berries (strawberries, raspberries, blackcurrant, red currants, mulberries) or just raspberries
80g of sugar
10 cl of water

Press the lemon to obtain 5 cl of juice.
Reduce the berries with a mixer to obtain 40 cl of juice.
Filter the red berries juice over a colander, pressing them with a wooden spatula
Add the sugar and the lemon juice.
Add some water to dilute the sauce.

(sorry, I know these are European measures)

Comments

How many ways can I say wonderful? Pleasing to the eye and tempting to the mouth! Lala Ema, you are unfair to those of us who are watching our waist (grow that is!). Delicious combination!
Indyeah said…
yummy!I am drooling:D
I am soo trying this out:)
Paula & Skip said…
They look yammy. I love your blog and it feeds my homesickness for Spain where I lived for years in Rhonda - my American partner wanted to return to the States and here I am now, a German, missing Spain and struggling with English. I shall stop by again and get my desire filled
I haven't tried pâte à choux but that looks divine....
I would definitely try these with hot chocolate. That red berry sauce looks sinful!
Funny... mon chéri calls me petite chou.
Khaled KEM said…
It looks delicious. I will try it myself though I am not that good as a baker.
paris parfait said…
Yummy! Thanks for the recipe.

Well things have really changed today in Madagascar, haven't they? Amazing to see photos of soldiers "storming the palace." Hope your family continues to be safe and that the situation stabilises soon! Thinking of you and your family. xo
Helena said…
You should win the prize of Top-Girlfriend-Of-The-Year-Award!!!
tangobaby said…
I know I wouldn't be able to pull off that incredible recipe but I am sure enjoying the photographs! Yummmm!
Unknown said…
Yum... I will have to try these with chocolate. :D
Profiteroles. I knew it. When you said 'p', I knew it was profiteroles. I love those little devils. I really do. Their softness and the chocolate centre. Many thanks.

Greetings from London.
Elizabeth said…
How sweet and beautiful and yummy!
Dear Lala, we are thinking of you and your homeland.
Hope all is OK
much love.
Anonymous said…
Those r so sinful! I'm hungry... really hungry.... Looks so rich and delicious! *licks the screen*
Anonymous said…
What a strange idea - kind of bread with ice cream! :-O I'm not sure if it's for me... but I think I'll try. :)
Cheers!
Anna
Yoli said…
Salvame un poquito!
Anonymous said…
Oh my...I think profiteroles must be my favorite dessert. I'm going to have to try this!

Hope your family at home is OK...
Scarlet said…
¡Qué delícia!
Gill said…
Mmmm.
I'll take some of those please.

And some of those fresh flowers too, loverly!!!!
:)
l'air du temps said…
gorgeous, gorgeous post! i love the flowers and the sweets, what a wonderful combination...
Anonymous said…
This looks so good. I'm hungry now! :)
christina said…
Yum! I had some with vanilla bean ice cream last Saturday!
: )
Katie said…
OOh beautiful! I'm going to try your recipe!
Coucou from the French Alps......
Yummy, yummy, yummmy - I love your blog and it makes me want to return to Spain asap (I lived and studied there (based in Valencia but travelling all over for a year)...
Hope your family at home is OK...
Merisi said…
Yummy! :-)

I served profiteroles today,
but filled them only with whipped cream to which I added homemade candied orange peels. Next time I shall try to remember to have some vanilla ice cream ready. Serving them with berry sauce sound delicious!
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