What do you fill profiteroles with?

Fill a clean piping bag with the pistachio cream and use to fill the cooled profiteroles. To serve, arrange the profiteroles on a plate and drizzle the chocolate sauce over the top.

How far in advance can I fill profiteroles?

How far in advance can profiteroles be made? You can make all of the components for profiteroles separately and up to 1 to 2 days in advance. How far in advance can profiteroles be filled? Profiteroles should be filled at the last-minute just before serving so that the choux buns remain crisp for as long as possible.

What is the difference between a cream puff and a profiterole?

The difference between Profiteroles, Éclairs and Cream Puffs is that Profiteroles are frozen and the others are not. They all may be filled and topped the same way. When making Profiteroles, after they are cool from baking, fill with whipped or pastry cream, or even ice cream, then freeze.

Can I make profiteroles in advance?

The shell of a profiterole can be made in advance and either stored in an airtight container or even frozen. If you decided to freeze the choux buns, don’t forget to thaw them first (ideally on a wire rack) and then add to the oven for about 10 minutes to crisp up.

How do you make chocolate sauce for profiteroles?

For the filling, lightly whip the cream with the orange zest until soft peaks form. When the profiteroles are cold, use a piping bag to pipe the cream into the profiteroles. For the chocolate sauce, place the water and sugar into a small saucepan and bring to the boil to make a syrup.

How to make profiteroles with white sugar and vanilla?

Use 2 cups/500ml whipping cream, 1/4 cup white sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract. Place in bowl and whip with electric beater or stand mixer until firm peaks form. Transfer to piping bag and pipe into profiteroles – or split profiteroles and dollop cream inside, then top with lid. Then drizzle with chocolate sauce.

How to make profiteroles with ice cream filling?

Spoon into piping bag fitting with a very fine nozzle. Then pipe into profiteroles (use the hole pierced during bake, or make a new hole). 1. Ice cream filling: This is American style profiteroles. Split the profiteroles, fill with ice cream, top with lid of profiterole then drizzle with chocolate sauce. 2.

What are the ingredients in a French profiterole?

Profiteroles are a classic French Patisserie dessert that is composed of three elements: 1 Choux Pastry Buns 2 A Cream Filling: Ice Cream, Whipped cream or Pastry cream 3 Warm Chocolate Sauce