Profiteroles Baileys Cream and Chocolate Sauce

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

dark chocolate

🥗Healthier: cacao nibs

💰Cheaper: milk chocolate

Cacao nibs offer a healthier option with less sugar.

Pour water into a medium saucepan and add a pinch of salt.

Add butter to the pan and turn on high heat, stirring occasionally until melted.

Once melted, add plain flour and stir vigorously until combined and it leaves the side of the pan clean, about a minute.

Turn off the heat and leave the mixture to cool.

Crack 4 eggs into a measuring jug and beat them together with a fork.

Chop dark chocolate into small pieces and set aside.

Pour water into another saucepan, add caster sugar, and turn the heat to high to dissolve the sugar.

Add chopped chocolate to the pan and mix until completely melted.

Add butter to the chocolate mixture and mix well, then turn off the heat and add double cream, mixing until smooth and glossy.

Once the pastry mix has cooled, place the saucepan on a tea towel for stability.

Add a little beaten egg to the pastry and mix thoroughly; repeat until all egg is combined, adjusting with another egg if necessary until the dough is smooth and glossy.

Spoon the pastry dough into a piping bag, twist and secure the end, then cut off the tip.

Pipe the pastry onto a baking tray in chestnut-sized portions.

Place in a preheated oven at 220°C (425°F) for about 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes, remove the profiteroles from the oven.

In a medium mixing bowl, place double cream, add Baileys and icing sugar, and mix with an electric handheld whisk until soft peaks form.

Make a small hole in the bottom of each profiterole using a small knife.

Spoon the Baileys cream into a clean piping bag, twist the end, cut the tip off, and squeeze the cream into the hole of each profiterole.

Serve the profiteroles drizzled with chocolate sauce and dusted with icing sugar.

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