Come Dine With Me recipes Homemade chocolate profiteroles recipe

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Date Published:

19/12/2007

Wayne served a chocolate classic for his devilish dessert in Come Dine With Me Teesside

1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC/Gas 6. Lightly grease a baking sheet with butter. Put the butter and water in a small saucepan and heat until the butter melts. Bring the liquid to the boil and as soon as it is boiling, add all the flour and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth. Remove from the heat and leave to cool for 2 minutes.

2. Add the beaten eggs a little at a time to the batter and beat hard until it is smooth, thick and shiny. Spoon into a large piping bag fitted with a plain nozzle. Rinse the baking sheet with cold water to help create steam that will encourage the profiteroles to rise in the oven. Pipe the batter onto the sheet in 12 neat mounds and bake in the centre of the oven for about 15 minutes until well risen and golden brown.

3. Remove from the oven and carefully flip over each profiterole. Insert a skewer into the base of each one to allow the steam to escape and return to the oven for a further 3-5 minutes until dry. Cool on a wire rack. (If serving well in advance, the pastry may become soft, so return to a hot oven for a couple of minutes to crisp.)

4. Ten minutes before serving, make the chocolate sauce. Melt the chocolate with the butter in a bowl over a pan of gently simmering water. Split each profiterole in the side or base with a small knife and fill with the whipped cream - you could pipe the cream into the profiteroles for a neat finish. Arrange in a dish and pour over the hot chocolate sauce just before serving.

Please note this recipe is the contestant's own and has not been tested professionally. Like the Come Dine With Me contestants, you could be creating a culinary delight or dining disaster, so switch on your ovens and be bold.

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