Sunday, 7 May 2017

Custard Cream Puff


Gelukt! :)
Custard is een mengsel van eieren en melk dat verdikt wordt door het te verwarmen tot 80 °C. Het wordt gebruikt meestal als een nagerecht. Het lijkt op soesjes maar de vulling is anders.

I am one who looks for something new, for me at least, and simple to try. Of course readily available ingredients too! Gosh, I remember a time when I had wanted to try a recipe that requires custard powder and went to hunt for it, couldn't find it till monthsssss later in a Toko. And then forgot what I had wanted to use it for. Hah.

This was my first attempt at making Custard Cream Puff. I must say it takes skills (which I obviously lack) and patience . But hey, for a first-timer....not bad, right?

Image may contain: food

1) Ingredients for the filling (Custard) : Make this first before the Puff
* 2 tbp  flour, 2 tbp corn flour (Maizena), 8 tbp sugar
480ml of milk
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 tbp butter
a pinch of yellow food colouring

Method:
1) Add the ingredients marked * and 5 tbp of milk in a pot. Stir well  till there are no lumps.
2) Add the eggs and stir well. Then add the rest of the milk and stir again.
3) Cook the mix under low fire. Stir it continuously to avoid it being 'crusty' and getting burnt. Cook till the mix looks somewhat shiny, then add the butter. Stir well and then leave it to cool.
(Het lijkt op vla maar iets dikker.)
4) After it has cooled down, put the custard in a piping bag.

2) Ingredients for the Puff:
125g of self-raising flour / zelfrijzende bloem OR 125g flour + 2 tsp baking powder
100g butter
250ml water
1 tsp vanilla essence
3 large eggs / 4 medium eggs

Method:
1) Boil the water, sugar and butter. Then use a low fire, add the flour and stir till it does not stick to the pot. Then turn off the fire and leave it to cool. Transfer it to a mixer bowl.
2) Add the beaten eggs a bit at a time and the vanilla essence into the mixer bowl. Mix them well.
3) Heat the oven at 200 deg C.
4) Put the mix into a piping bag with a star nozzle. And make the puff. (I place a baking paper on the tray before making the puff.
** A tip : Spray the puff with water to make it 'puff-up' more before putting the tray into the oven. (I did not do this.)
5) Place the tray in the mid of the oven and bake for 25-30 mins, using the top and bottom heat.
   Do not open the oven while they're baking or they will not puff nicely. You will end up with a flat puff.
6) Cut the puff with a pair of scissors and fill it in with the custard. Top it off with powdered sugar. (Not seen in the pic as I didn't realise we were out of it....hahaha).

You can have it at room temperature or chilled.

For pictures, here is the link. The page is in Malay ;
http://www.tengkubutang.com/2015/06/resepi-cream-puff-paling-gebu-lembut.html








No comments:

Post a Comment