choux buns
Filling
Topping
Choux pastry is believed to have been created in Italy, the choux pastry is a light pastry made from a dough of butter, water, flour, and eggs. The high moisture content in the pastry creates steam raising the pastry and making it light and fluffy .
Make the choux pastry by boiling the butter and water together, add the flour and beat till smooth. Allow to cool a little then add the eggs beat to combine thoroughly. Place in a piping bag with a plain nozzle pipe 8 cm circles cook for 30 minutes until golden brown, well risen and crisp. Make the red berry sauce by combining bramble jam and frozen summer fruits in a pan cook for 5 minutes and then set aside to cool, then place in a piping bag. Whip the fresh cream and place in a piping bag with a star nozzle. Cut the choux buns in half and tip the top section in melted white chocolate just coating the top, set a side to set. Take the bottom section and fill with a layer of red berry sauce and top with whipped cream. Assemble the cream puffs and decorate the tops with berry sauce
These delicious buns are perfect as a dessert, for a cream tea or afternoon tea party. If your not a fan of fresh cream they can be filled with pastry cream or a mixture of both. The chocolate topping can also be swapped for a milk or dark chocolate topping both go well with the red berry sauce.
Filling cream puffs can be difficult for this recipe as we have two separate fillings so we have gone for a ring shape and cut the rings in half, and sandwich the filling between the halves. If you want to make traditional choux buns then gently fold in some of the berry sauce into the cream and pop a hole in the bottom of the bun and pipe in using a piping bag and nozzle.
If your making the buns for a party, you can make and cook the choux the day before allow to cool and then store in an air tight container. You can also make the berry sauce in advance, and then assemble the cream puffs on the day
White chocolate choux buns are delicious the mixture of choux pastry, cream and chocolate is absolutely perfect, but we fancied adding a sharpness to cut through all that cream and sugar, so adding our red berry sauce makes these buns really standout both in looks and more importantly in flavour.
