Profiteroles with ginger and lime curd and coconut praline

6 servings Prep: 15 mins, Cooking: 1 hr 20 mins
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A great dessert to make. Not only do they taste delicious but are easy to make!

By Food24 November 02 2015
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Ingredients (14)

GINGER AND LIME CURD:
65 g fresh ginger
1 lime — zest and juice
2 eggs — large
1/2 cup castor sugar
125 g butter — cubed
100 g mascarpone cheese
PROFITEROLES:
60 g plain flour — strong
1 tsp castor sugar
salt — pinch
150 ml water
50 g butter — cut into small pieces
2 eggs — beaten
COCONUT PRALINE:
150 g castor sugar
75 g coconut — flakes
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Method:

Ginger and lime curd filling:
Wash the ginger and cut into pieces. Using a food processor or emulsion blender, blitz the ginger into a paste. Using a fine sieve or muslin cloth, strain the liquid from the ginger into a small bowl, make sure to press firmly to extract as much liquid as possible. You will end up with approximately  ¼  cup of ginger juice.

Add the lime zest and juice to the ginger juice.

In a medium-sized, heavy-based saucepan, place your sugar and eggs, whisk until combined. Whisk in the ginger and lime juice.

Place the saucepan over a medium heat. Whisk slowly until the mixture starts to warm.

Add the cubed butter, a few pieces at a time, whisking continuously until all the butter has been added.

Once the butter has melted, stop using a whisk and start using a wooden spoon.

Continue to stir the mixture over a medium heat until it thickens. When the mixture coats the back of your wooden spoon, and you can draw your finger across it with the mark staying, the curd is ready.

Remove from the heat and set aside for the mixture to cool completely. Give the mixture a stir every so often while it cools. The mixture will continue to thicken as it cools.

Once cool, add the mascarpone to the curd and whisk until combined.

Profiteroles:
Preheat your oven to 180 C  (fan assisted)

Sift the flour onto a sheet of baking paper. Add the sugar and salt.

Place the water and butter into a medium-sized saucepan.

Place the saucepan over a moderate heat and stir with a wooden spoon. As soon as the butter has melted and the mixture comes up to the boil, remove from the heat.

Then tip the flour in – all in one go – with one hand, while you beat the mixture vigorously with a wooden spoon. Beat until you have a smooth ball of paste that has left the sides of the saucepan clean.

Beat the eggs  into the mixture – a little at a time, mixing each addition in thoroughly before adding the next. Beat until you have a smooth glossy paste.

Line a large baking tray with baking paper, and  lightly grease. To make the choux buns, place teaspoons of the mixture on the baking tray, leaving  about 2.5 cm between them .

Place in the oven. After 10 minutes, raise the temperature to 200 C and cook for another 10-15 minutes. Remove from the oven.

Pierce the bottom of each bun to let the steam out. Place back into the oven for 2-3 minutes. Remove from the oven and place on a wire wrack to cool.

Coconut Praline:

Add the caster sugar to a heavy-based saucepan. Over a medium heat, slowly caramelise the caster sugar. When the sugar, is completely melted and has started to turn golden, add the coconut. Allow to cook for a minute or so until you have reached a rich caramel colour. Mix the coconut and caramel Remove from heat, and pour onto a baking tray lined with baking paper.

Allow to cool, once set, break into small shards. To assemble the profiteroles pipe a small amount of the ginger and lime curd mixture into each choux bun. Over a medium heat, place 100g of caster sugar into a saucepan. Cook until the sugar turns into a caramel.

Carefully, dip each choux bun into the caramel and top with a shard of coconut praline.

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