Indulgent chocolate profiteroles

Feeling indulgent?  Want to spoil yourself?  Look no further- These chocolate profiteroles are just the thing!

I tend to have a very limited range of desserts that I make, usually variations of pavlovas and cheesecakes. I decided it was time to be a bit more ambitious and settled on chocolate profiteroles which can be a bit tricky.  It’s many, many years since I tackled choux pastry but I was pleasantly surprised that it worked so well.

This is a very easy to make pudding and tastes good.  Best of all, it looks really impressive when served to your guests

To make it you will need:
Ingredients

For the Profiteroles

• 100 g butter
• 150 g plain flour
• 250mls water
• 1 tsp caster sugar
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 4 medium eggs
• Carton  double cream, whipped
• A bit of extra butter to grease the baking sheets

For the chocolate sauce

• 300 g dark chocolate broken up (the higher the cocoa solids, the better)
• 50 g  butter
• 3 tsp  runny honey
• 3 tbsp double cream

Instructions:

• Preheat the oven to 200C
• Grease two baking sheets and line with greaseproof paper.
• Melt the butter in a pan and add the water
• Bring to a simmer and remove from the heat
• Add the flour, sugar, salt and beat into a roux until the mixture starts to form a ball, coming away from the sides of the pan

• Beat in the eggs until the mixture is smooth and shiny
• Place the mixture in a piping bag
• Pipe into ball shapes on the baking sheets
• Bake for about 30-40 minute or until crisped up and golden
• Cool on a baking tray and make sure to split them to let the steam escape

• Make the chocolate sauce by melting the chocolate in a dish over a pan of boiling water
• Add the butter and honey and stir until melted through
• Stir in the cream and set aside
• Fill the profiteroles with whipped cream and pour over the chocolate sauce

Serve and enjoy!