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Profiteroles With Raspberries

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This dessert is on menus of many fancy restaurants, but this isn’t a fancy dessert. It is a dessert that looks good enough, though, that you could fool a few people. Profiteroles are a lot like popovers, and you bake them the same way, at 425 degrees for about 20 or 25 minutes until they are nicely browned. They’re light and crisp. Here they’re served with ice cream and raspberry purée.

by Mark Bittman

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Dessert

Servings

(12–15)

Total time

45 min

Calories / serving

134 kcal

Ingredients (6)

serves

6 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into piecesbutter
1/8 teaspoon saltsalt
3/4 cup all-purpose flourflour
3 large eggsegg
1 pint raspberriesraspberry
1 pint ice cream or sorbetsorbet

Instructions (4 steps)

01Heat oven to 425 degrees; line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Put the butter in a saucepan with the salt and 3/4 cup water; bring it to a boil over medium-high heat and stir until the butter is melted. Reduce the heat to medium and add the flour; continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture pulls away from side of pan and forms a ball, about 30 seconds. Remove from the heat and let cool for 3 to 4 minutes.
02Add the eggs to the slightly cooled flour mixture one at a time, beating well after each addition — the batter will come apart after each egg is added but will reunite as you stir. Transfer the batter to a resealable plastic bag or pastry bag and make a 1/2 -inch cut in one corner. Pipe mounds about 1 inch high and 1 to 2 inches in diameter onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving about an inch of space between.
03Bake until puffed and golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the profiteroles from the oven and pierce the bottom of each profiterole once with a skewer, to keep them from getting soggy. Return to the oven; prop the oven door open with a wooden spoon and let the profiteroles crisp up for about 3 minutes. Cool on sheet on a rack.