Chocolate Chip Chouquettes
Serves: 3 to 4
A delicious recipe for Chocolate Chip Chouquettes.
Ingredients
- 250 ml (1 cup) water
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 90 g (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
- 135 g (1 cup) plain flour, (all-purpose flour)
- 4 large eggs
- 85 g (½ cup) dark chocolate chips
- 60 g (½ cup) pearl sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F (without fan).
- Line a baking sheet with baking paper.
- In a small saucepan, heat the water with the salt, sugar and butter until the butter has melted and the water begins to boil.
- Remove the pan from the heat and quickly stir in the flour until the mixture comes together into a smooth ball.
- Tip the mixture into the bowl of an electric stand mixer and beat it a little to release some of the heat.
- Allow the mixture to cool for about 2 minutes. Using the flat paddle attachment, beat in the eggs, one at a time, until the dough is thick, smooth and shiny.
- Alternatively, you can do steps 5 and 6 by hand but it will require a bit of upperbody workout.
- Leave the mixture to cool completely, otherwise the chocolate chips will melt.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Fill a piping bag, fitted with a 1 cm round nozzle, with the dough and pipe small balls of dough onto the baking sheet.
- Generously sprinkle with pearl sugar and bake for 13 to 15 minutes, or until they are puffed and golden.
Kitchen Notes
- OVEN TEMPERATURES
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