Tahini Cream filled Profiterols with Kahlua Chocolate Sauce

Choux pastry is so versatile, it can be used in savoury dishes and in desserts. This is a classic with a twist, as I have added tahini paste to fresh cream and flavoured my chocolate with Kahlua liquor.  This recipe makes around 60 choux puffs depending on size.  Try not to make them bigger than walnut, and to achieve this size you have to pipe them as small as a cherry tomato!

Ingredients

Choux Pastry
375ml water
Pinch salt
65g butter
125g flour
4 eggs

Put water and butter in a saucepan over low heat until butter melts. As soon as butter melts turn heat to high to boil rapidly. When mixture boils, turn off heat and tip in flour and salt at one go. Beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until smooth thick paste forms. Return mixture to low heat and continue to beat for just one minute so that mixture dries a little. Transfer mixture to a mixer and leave it to cool slightly. Attach the k beater and mix in the eggs one at a time on medium speed. The finished dough must be glossy and should fall off the spoon. Pipe small choux buns the size of cherry tomato, on oiled baking sheet using piping bag fitted with plain 1 cm nozzle. Bake in 210c oven for 15 to 20minutes or until golden. Cool on wire rack. For a crispier texture, when the choux puffs are completely cold, return them to 200c oven for further 5 minutes.

Cream Filling

250ml Fresh Cream

1 Tbsp Tahini Paste

1 Tbsp Runny Honey

1 1/2 tbsp Caster Sugar

Whisk cream sugar and honey in a large bowl until soft peaks form.  Take two tablespoons of whipped cream into a small bowl and add the tahini paste.  Mix well until the tahini is incorporated in the cream into a lighter mix.  Mix the tahini cream to the other bowl of cream and mix slowly using a whisk until the mixture becomes stiff enough to pipe.  Be careful not to over mix!

Chocolate Sauce

75g dark plain chocolate

2tbsp Kahlua or other coffee liquor

2 tbsp Milk

Melt chocolate over a baine marie, then remove from heat, add kahlua and milk and using a small whisk, whisk until smooth and glossy.

Fit a piping bag with a small star nozzle. Fill bag with tahini cream, pipe cream into profiterols and place on a serving tray. Pour over the chocolate sauce and garnish with some chopped pecan nuts.  Chill for about 2 hours before serving.