Strawberry Cream Puff Heart
Ingredients
Puff
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 eggs
- Fresh strawberries
- Confectioners' sugar
Cream Filling
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon soft butter
- 2 cups hot milk
Instructions
- Sketch a heart on a baking sheet. Grease sheet lightly.
Puff
- Bring water and butter to boiling. Reduce heat. Add flour. Stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating until smooth after each addition. Drop mixture onto sketch. Bake in hot 400 degrees F oven for 45 minutes. Cool.
- Cut off top. Fill shell with Cream Filling. Top with strawberries. Replace top. Dust with confectioners' sugar.
Cream Filling
- Place all ingredients except hot milk in blender. Mix for 15 seconds. After 5 seconds, pour in hot milk and mix. Pour all ingredients into saucepan and cook over low heat for 5 minutes or until filling has thickened.
