Profiteroles with Toffee Sauce
- 200 ml water (7 fl oz)
- 100 grams butter (3oz)
- 1 tablespoon water (extra)
- 150 grams flour, all-purpose (3 oz)
- 4 large eggs
- 1 x vanilla ice cream
- 400 millileters cream (14 fl oz)
- 340 grams sugar, superfine (12 oz)
- 3 teaspoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons golden syrup
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla sugar
- Advance: Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6.
- Grease a baking sheet with 1 teaspoon of the butter.
- Make the choux paste.
- Bring the water and 100g/3oz of the butter to the boil.
- Tip in the flour.
- Stir vigorously with a wooden spoon, until the mixture comes away from the sides of the pan.
- Remove from the heat.
- Stir for 2 to 3 minutes.
- Allow to cool.
- Beat in 1 egg at a time.
- Put it into a piping bag and pipe 30 to 40 small bun shapes on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the middle of the oven for approximately 10 minutes or until the choux pastry has risen to more than double its size and is golden.
- Make the sauce.
- Mix the cream, sugar, cocoa and syrup in a pan.
- Bring to the boil, stirring, then lower the heat, continue stirring and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes or until the sauce is thick and golden brown.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat.
- Stir in the butter and add vanilla sugar to taste.
- Stir occasionally while the sauce cools.
- Cut a split in the profiteroles and fill each with vanilla ice cream.
- Stack them on a serving plate in a pyramid shape.
- Pour over the sauce.
- If there is any sauce left over, serve separately.
water, butter, water, flour, eggs, vanilla ice cream, millileters cream, sugar, cocoa powder, golden syrup, butter, vanilla sugar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/profiteroles-toffee-sauce-47764 (may not work)