Recipes
Berries & cream choux ring
This stunning dessert really has the wow factor. Choux pastry is easy to make if you weigh everything carefully.
This stunning dessert really has the wow factor. Choux pastry is easy to make if you weigh everything carefully.
(51 votes)
Cook: 1 Hour 30 Mins
Serves: 8
Price: 70p per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 173g serving contains
Energy
1830kj
437kcal
1830kj
437kcal
22%
Fat
37g
37g
High
52%
52%
Saturates
22g
22g
High
111%
111%
Sugars
11g
11g
Med
12%
12%
Salt
0.26g
0.26g
Low
4%
4%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1058kj/253kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
1058kj/253kcal
Ingredients
50g butter, cut into small cubes
75g Asda Strong White Bread Flour, sifted
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
25g Asda Flaked Almonds
500g mascarpone
40g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
Few drops Asda Extra Special Vanilla Extract
3 tbsp milk
400g strawberries, trimmed and sliced, to serve
Method
1
Pre-heat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
2
Put the butter in a pan with 150ml cold water and a pinch of salt. Heat until the butter melts and then bring it to the boil. Once boiling, remove immediately from the heat and add all the flour at once. Beat hard with a wooden spoon until it forms a dough that leaves the sides of the pan clean. Tip into a large bowl and leave to cool for 15 minutes.
3
Gradually beat the eggs into the dough – you can do this with a wooden spoon or an electric hand mixer. Put the mixture into a freezer bag and snip off one corner. Use this to pipe a 20cm ring on the baking tray. Sprinkle the almonds on top. Bake for 30 minutes, without opening the oven, or until puffed up and golden.
4
With a knife, make small holes round the edge (to let steam escape). Return to the oven for 5 minutes, then cool on a wire rack.
5
Mix the mascarpone with the icing sugar, vanilla and milk. Slice the ring in two and fill with the mascarpone and fruit. Dust with icing sugar.