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Chouquettes
Chouquettes are small choux puffs with sugar crystals on the top. They are usually eaten plain, but can also be filled with a variety of things: cream, fruit, chocolate... whatever you like.
238 K 4.9/5 (22 reviews)
1 hour 25 min.
Easy
1.35 €
25 Chouquettes
6 IngredientsLast modified on: September 10th 2018
For 25 Chouquettes, you will need:
- 1
450 g choux pastry (pâte à choux) - 2
20 g beaten egg - 3
30 g Pearl sugar - 4
30 g caster sugar - 5
100 g strawberries (optional) - 6
4 tablespoons Chantilly cream (optional) - Total weight: 530 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour
Cooking: 25 min.
All in all: 1 hour 25 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - ⌛ 45 min.
Prepare 450 g choux pastry (pâte à choux), but add 3 times the sugar of the original recipe.
Stage 2 - ⌛ 10 min.
Make small regular heaps with the choux pastry on a baking sheet, about the size of a Euro or pound coin (1.5 cm or half an inch).
Stage 3
As always with this sort of work, you'll find a forcing bag very useful.
If you don't have one, use 2 teaspoons: one to scoop up the mixture from the pan, the other to push it out.
If you don't have one, use 2 teaspoons: one to scoop up the mixture from the pan, the other to push it out.
Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.
Glaze the tops of the heaps.
Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.
Throw 30 g Pearl sugar onto the heaps with a short sharp gesture which will help the crystals stick to the beaten egg.
Finish with a dusting of caster sugar, or granulated sugar if you have some.
Finish with a dusting of caster sugar, or granulated sugar if you have some.
Stage 6 - ⌛ 25 min.
Put in the oven immediately at 210°C (420°F) for about 25 minutes. Watch the colouration carefully, and turn the sheet back to front if the cooking is not even.
Stage 7
Stage 8
Here's a variation for the summer: cut the cold chouquettes in half horizontally with a serrated knife.
Stage 9
Wash 100 g strawberries, remove the stalks and cut into small dice. Mix with 4 tablespoons Chantilly cream.
Stage 10
Fill the chouquette halves and replace the tops.
Remarks
Please note, chouquettes do not keep well. You can keep them in an airtight tin for just a day or two, but after this they tend to dry out. If filled with cream they keep even less well, just a few hours in the fridge.
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in a closed metal box.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 130 RDI=50 % | 620 RDI=60 % | 470 RDI=70 % | 1,940 RDI=100 % | 8,140 RDI: 100 % |
| Per 100 g | 20 RDI=9 % | 120 RDI=10 % | 90 RDI=10 % | 370 RDI=20 % | 1,540 RDI: 20 % |
| Per piece | 5 RDI=2 % | 20 RDI=2 % | 20 RDI=3 % | 80 RDI=4 % | 330 RDI: 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 25 Chouquettes : 1.35 €
- Per Chouquettes : 0.10 €
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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