Gold-Dusted Chocolate Profiteroles
Elegant and rich, these gold-dusted chocolate profiteroles make a showstopping New Year’s Eve dessert.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- FOR THE CHOUX PASTRY
- ½ cup 120ml water
- ½ cup 120ml whole milk
- ½ cup 115g unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp granulated sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup 120g all-purpose flour
- 4 large eggs room temperature
- FOR THE CHOCOLATE PASTRY CREAM FILLING
- 2 cups 480ml whole milk
- ½ cup 100g granulated sugar
- ¼ cup 30g cornstarch
- ¼ tsp salt
- 4 large egg yolks
- 4 oz 115g semi-sweet or dark chocolate, chopped
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 tsp pure vanilla bean paste
- FOR THE CHOCOLATE GANACHE TOPPING
- 6 oz 170g dark chocolate (60–70% cocoa), chopped
- ½ cup 120ml heavy cream
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- FOR DECORATION
- Edible gold leaf or edible gold dust optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a medium saucepan, combine water, milk, butter, sugar, and salt. Bring to a simmer until the butter melts and the mixture bubbles.
- Remove from heat and add flour all at once. Stir vigorously until a dough forms and pulls away from the pan. Return to medium heat and stir for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Transfer dough to a bowl, cool for 5 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time until dough is smooth and glossy.
- Pipe or spoon tablespoon-sized mounds onto the baking sheet, spacing 2 inches apart. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until golden brown. Turn off oven and rest for 5 minutes before cooling on a rack.
- For filling, heat milk until steaming. Whisk sugar, cornstarch, salt, and yolks in a bowl. Temper with hot milk, then cook over medium heat, whisking until thickened.
- Remove from heat, stir in chocolate, butter, and vanilla. Chill for at least 2 hours.
- Pipe chilled filling into profiteroles.
- For ganache, place chocolate and butter in a bowl. Heat cream, pour over chocolate, let sit, then stir until smooth.
- Dip filled profiteroles in ganache, decorate with gold dust.
Notes
- Ensure profiteroles cool completely before filling.
- Use high-quality chocolate for best results.
- Use high-quality chocolate for best results.