Description
Lemon Cream Choux Pastries are delightful, airy pastries filled with a zesty lemon cream, perfect for elevating your dessert game.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium saucepan, combine the water and butter over medium heat until the butter is melted and the mixture comes to a boil.
- Remove from heat and add the flour and salt all at once, stirring vigorously until a ball forms.
- Allow the dough to cool for about 5 minutes, then add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
- Stir in the vanilla extract until the dough is smooth and glossy.
- Drop tablespoon-sized mounds of dough onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until puffed and golden brown, then let cool completely on a wire rack.
- While cooling, whip the heavy cream until soft peaks form, then gradually add powdered sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla extract until stiff peaks form.
- Once pastries are cool, cut a small slit in each and fill with lemon cream using a piping bag.
- Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
- For a chocolate twist, drizzle melted chocolate over the filled pastries before serving.
- Try using different citrus flavors, such as lime or orange, in the cream filling for a unique taste.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pastry
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 50mg