Giant Puff
From liezel 16 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This is a huge puff pastry which is bitter(just like dark chocolate), filled with cream, caramel and chocolate on top. A huge art of this recipe belongs to Ahmed1, who gave me permission to use it. Thanks Ahmed
Ingredients
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- 1 cup water (250 ml) shopping list
- 1 cup flour - substract 2 1/2 teaspoons after measuring (237,5 ml) shopping list
- 60 grams butter shopping list
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder (45 ml) shopping list
- 5 large eggs shopping list
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- 1 cup cream, whipped (250 ml) shopping list
- FILLING 2 shopping list
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- 1/2 cup sugar (125 ml) shopping list
- 2 cups milk, slightly warm (500 ml) shopping list
- 1/4 cup custard powder (60 ml) shopping list
- pinch of salt shopping list
- 6 tbsp cold milk (100 ml) shopping list
- 1 tbsp butter (15 ml) shopping list
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (5 ml essence) shopping list
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- 1 medium sized slab melted white chocolate shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 400 deg f (200 deg C)
- Take a piece of wax paper and draw a circle on it.
- Use a cake baking tin for a template.
- Grease.
- Put on a cookie oven tray.
- Mix the flour and cocoa powder.
- Set aside.
- In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, bring butter and water to a running boil.
- Pour the flour mixture all in one go.
- Stir using a wooden spoon till it form a ball shape.
- Turn dough on a clean bowl.
- Let cool for 15 minutes.
- Mix in the eggs, one at a time, stirring well after each addition.
- Add the vanilla.
- Stir.
- Fill the dough in a piping bag. - Up until here it is Ahmed's
- Pipe the dough on the circular line on the wax paper.
- Keep on going in circles until the dough is finished.
- Bake for 30 minutes until puffed and risen.
- Cut the huge puff in half.
- Let it cool down.
- FILLING 2
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- Stir and melt the sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.
- When light brown, add the heated milk.
- Stir well.
- Stir until smooth and no lumps are left.
- Mix custard powder with cold milk.
- Stir in the saucepan until thickened.
- Stir in the butter and vanilla.
- Voila, your own caramel custard!
- Put on bottom of puff.
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- Beat the cream until stiff points form.
- Put on top of caramel custard.
- TOPPING
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- Put top half of the puff on top of cream.
- Melt the chocolate.
- Pour or smear over the top.
- Serve while chocolate is still soft.
Ingredients
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Custard powder, those who wonder
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Use as template
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Draw a circle
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Grease
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Mix flour and cocoa
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Bring water and butter to boil
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Stir in flour and cocoa till ball
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Cool down
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Add eggs one by one and vanilla
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Pipe dough in circle
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Bake, cut in half
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Melt sugar until light brown
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Stir in heated milk
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Mix milk + custard powder, stir in
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Stir in butter and vanilla
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Put on puff
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Put whipped cream on top
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Cover with top half puff
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Melt chocolate put on top
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The Rating
Reviewed by 4 people-
They say that the right side of the brain is responsible of the creation...I think that your both sides are responsible.Thank you Liezel for the introduction.
ahmed1
in Cairo loved it
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Guess what our visitors are having for desert on Sunday! Thanks Liezel.
anninsa
in MERRIVALE KZN loved it
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thanks Liezel between you and Ahmed we all can be noted as Pastry Chef's when serving up all these decadent desserts to our families and friends l.o.l:)
mumtazcatering
in Gauteng loved it
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