Chouquettes

I had this recipe since I was a teenager. It came from a Mickey Mouse magazine, which I used to love reading! I completely forgot about it until one day at my parents, where I found my old dusty mag! I can’t believe I didn’t throw it away and still have it! It’s a sign! Next thing you know, I am baking those little gems in my mum’s kitchen!

Ingredients for 28 chouquettes:

• 250 ml of water
• 40 g of sugar
• 125 g of flour
• 4 eggs
• 1 egg yolk (optional)
• 60 g of butter
• ½ teaspoon of salt
• Roughly 80 g of rocky sugar (to decorate)

Times:

• Preparation: 20 mins
• Cooking: 25 mins
• Rest: none

1- Preheat the oven at 180 Celsius degrees.

2- Boil the water in a pan with the butter, the sugar and the salt.

3- When it starts to boil remove from heat and add all the flour and start stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon to avoid the lumps in the dough, until you have a ball of dough that doesn’t stick to the surface of the pan. Put back over the heat for a quick 30 seconds to dry the dough a little bit more, and let cool down for 2 minutes.

4- Once the dough has cooled down a little bit, add the eggs one by one, and stir well between each to incorporate them evenly.

5- Using a tablespoon, scoop the dough and put the choux buns in staggered lines on a baking sheet, slightly greased. Glaze the surface of the choux buns with the beaten egg yolk (either with a brush or your finger). Finish by sprinkling some pearled sugar on the top.

6- Put in the oven for 25 minutes. At the end, turn off the oven and open the door for a couple of minutes before taking out the choux, so they can cool down slowly.