Profiteroles Recipe

Name: Profiteroles Recipe
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 stick), cut into 8 pieces; 1/2 cup whole milk; 1/2 cup water , plus more as needed; 1 tablespoon granulated sugar; 1/4 teaspoon fine salt; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 4 large eggs , at room temperature; 3/4 cup heavy cream; 1/2 cup whole milk; 1/4 cup water; 1/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 tablespoons light corn syrup; 1/4 teaspoon fine salt; 10 ounces bittersweet chocolate , coarsely chopped; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

A profiteroles recipe made with pâte à choux puffs filled with ice cream and topped with bittersweet chocolate sauce.

By chow · From Open Recipes · 16 ingredients

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Why it works: Butter and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 81,283 recipes. Both carry (z)-4-heptenal, which smells biscuit, cream. The science ↓

Profiteroles Recipe

12 servings

Cook2 hr 30 min

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1128Calories

32 gProtein

41 gFat

155 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Corn	1/2 cup kernels (82g)	77
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0
Syrup	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Butter + milktop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together81,283 recipes

Shared aroma: (z)-4-heptenal (biscuit, cream).
Butter + creamtop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together41,516 recipes

Shared aroma: delta-dodecalactone (sweet, creamy).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Milk + corntop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together6,955 recipes

Shared aroma: hexanal (green, grassy).
Cream + cocoa powdertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together826 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

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