Quest 21: Zol Cream Puffs
Do you remember the large squishing looking enemies that appear in dungeons in the original LoZ? Well even if you don't, they are called Zols and these guys were actually kind of helpful because if you had an upgraded sword, they more often gave you hearts. For me, this was usually good timing. Unfortunately, if you don't have an upgraded sword, they split into two gels that are rather annoying and give you no treasure. These little guys have appeared in a number of LoZ titles, but today we are going to focus on the traditional.
Well, as I was playing the original LoZ on Saturday on my NES that still works :), it dawned on me that these little guys sort of look like cream puffs, which leads us to today's recipe: Zol Cream Puffs. Cream puffs are really easy to make, they just sound intimidating. The pastry part is only 5 ingredients, but it's the filling and glaze that make these special. I am creating sort of a Tiramisu type cream puff. The cream filling is to die for. Enjoy!
Sorry, this recipe is not GF yet!
Quest Gear:
Pastry -
Heavy sauce pan
Rubber spatula
1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
1 cup water
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup flour
4 eggs
Filling -
Mixing Bowl
Electric Mixer
Rubber Spatula
8 oz. Mascarpone cheese
8 oz. Heavy cream
4 T. Amaretto liquor
1 tsp. Vanilla extract
1/4 cup. Powdered sugar
Glaze -
4 T. Heavy cream
2 T. Amaretto liquor
1 tsp. instant espresso powder
3/4 cup. Powdered sugar
About 1/4 cup Dutch cocoa for dusting
The Quest!
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| Melt a stick of butter, water & salt to sauce pan. Heat just until it boils. Reduce to low. |
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| Add flour and stir vigorously until dough forms a ball. Turn off heat and let cool for about 10 minutes. |
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| Add eggs one at a time thoroughly combining before adding the next egg. |
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| Nice and creamy. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. |
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| Using a 1 inch scoop, create mounds of dough on a sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Bake about 35 minutes or until golden brown. |
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| Shut off the oven and open the door. This is the secret to getting those air pockets. Let the oven cool and remove the puffs from the oven. |
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| Ta-da! |
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| To make the cream filling, combine the Mascarpone cheese, amaretto, heavy cream, vanilla & powdered sugar in a bowl. |
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| With a mixer on high, beat until stiff peaks form :). Done! Keep in the refrigerator until ready to fill. |
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| To make the glaze, add heavy cream and amaretto to a small sauce pan. Heat until warm and dissolve instant espresso. Whisk in powdered sugar, heat until sugar is dissolved. |
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| Let's put it all together! Cut open your puffs; they should be hollow in the middle. |
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| Place them on a plate with tops on one side, bottoms on the other. |
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| Fill with cream mixture to bottoms. |
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| Add tops to bottoms |
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| Brush glaze on top of puffs. |
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| Sift cocoa powder over the cream puffs. |
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| Enjoy!! |
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