Choux Puffs (Choux Pastry)
Base for fillings
Classic choux pastry for mini choux puffs. Can be filled to taste or served with caviar and cream cheese.
Ingredients
Instructions
Making the Dough
Preheat the oven to 180°C with convection (190–200°C without convection)
In a saucepan, combine water + milk + butter + salt + sugar, bring to a boil
Remove from heat, add all the flour at once and mix quickly
Return to medium heat, dry out the dough for 2–3 minutes until it begins to pull away from the sides
Transfer to a bowl, cool for 2 minutes
Add the eggs gradually, achieving a smooth, glossy consistency
Baking
Pipe balls 2.5–3 cm in diameter onto a parchment-lined baking sheet
Bake for 18–22 minutes, do not open the oven
Cool. If needed, cut off the tops
Freezing (optional)
Place empty cooled choux puffs on a tray and freeze
Transfer to a storage bag
Before serving, reheat for 5–7 minutes at 160°C to make them crispy again
Can simply be served with cream cheese, caviar, or salted fish

