Welcome to my luxury 10 minute Air fryer chocolate profiteroles.
After yesterday and Dominic showing us how to make the best ever chocolate eclairs, I thought it was my duty to follow it up with some chocolate profiteroles.
Chocolate profiteroles in my mind is something I associate with modern French restaurants. I would always have it for dessert and it would come on this amazing tower of profiteroles and was covered in sugar cane.
Each time you looked up at it (which was nearly as tall as me) I was always convinced that it was going to fall over and make the restaurant owners look like idiots.
Of course it never did and I never got sick of chocolate profiteroles either. Talking about eating them, the first time I had them in Portugal was at the first restaurant we ever ate out at after moving to Portugal.
It was a typical Portuguese food with lots of steak, lots of fish and delicious puddings. Dominic and I shared some profiteroles together and it was like something out of a Valentine’s movie.
Sadly, the restaurant has since gone downhill, but it was great back then.
Often I like to split up my dough for chocolate eclairs and chocolate profiteroles and then do half of each.
Can You Make Profiteroles In The Air Fryer?
Yes, you can make the profiterole pastry in the air fryer and the air fryer does a fantastic job. Though of course, because they need to be on a single layer in the air fryer basket you may need to make them in batches.
What Are Profiteroles Called In The USA?
Profiteroles are called cream puffs in the USA and are made with a simple choux pastry containing butter, water, flour and eggs. Once baked, the puffs are filled with a sweet cream filling and garnished with chocolate sauce or a dusting of sugar.
Can You Recommend An Air Fryer?
I often get asked which air fryers I recommend and which one I use. In 95% of our air fryer recipes, we use either the Philips Air Fryer XL or the Cosori XL because they are the best ones, we have found out of many air fryers we have tried over the years. You can click on the links above and read up on them. But if you would rather have a dual air fryer we recommend this Ninja Dual (make sure you order the right one as not all are good) or the Philips Dual.
What Temperature Should Choux Pastry Be Cooked At?
The temperature to cook choux pastry profiteroles is 200C/400F for 25 to 35 minutes in a conventional oven. But, for an air fryer, 180C/360F for 10 minutes is perfect.
How To Stop Profiteroles From Deflating?
To stop profiteroles from deflating, allow them to cook at the set temperature and time without removing or opening the air fryer. They should puff up nicely and develop a beautiful golden colour.
How Do You Keep Profiteroles From Getting Soggy?
To keep the profiteroles from getting soggy, remove from the air fryer to allow the steam to escape. Turn them over to prevent any condensation and leave to cool. This will prevent any sogginess.
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Air Fryer Chocolate Profiteroles
Ingredients
Profiteroles:
- 100 g Butter
- 200 g Plain Flour
- 6 Medium Eggs
- 300 ml Water
Cream Filling:
- 2 Tsp Vanilla Essence
- 2 Tsp Icing Sugar
- 300 ml Whipped Cream
Chocolate Sauce:
- 100 g Milk Chocolate broken into chunks
- 2 Tbsp Whipped Cream
- 50 g Butter
Instructions
- Preheat the airfryer to 170c.
- Place the fat in the water in a large pan and cook on a medium heat and make sure you bring it to the boil.
- Remove it from the heat and stir in the flour (a bit at a time) and then put it back on the heat until it forms a big dough in the middle of the pan.
- Set the dough to one side so that it can cool down. Add in the eggs and mix well until you have a smooth mixture.
- Make into profiterole shapes and cook for 10 minutes on 180c.
- While the eclairs are cooking make the cream filling – mix with a whisk vanilla essence, whipped cream and icing sugar until nice and thick.
- While the profiteroles are cooking make the chocolate topping – place the chocolate, butter and cream in a glass bowl, over a pan of boiling water. Mix well until you have melted chocolate.
- Finish your profiteroles with melted chocolate on top.
Notes
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