Chocolate Cream Puff with Coffee Glaze

Dessert

Difficulty: Medium | Servings: 2 large rings

Ingredients

  • Puff pastry
  • 1 cup butter/margarine
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup matzo cake meal
  • 4 jumbo eggs
  • Filling
    • 1 cup sweet butter/margarine, softened
    • 1 1/2 cup sugar
    • 7.5 ounces bittersweet chocolate
    • 3 teaspoons coffee crystals, heaping
    • 3 teaspoons cognac
    • 7 jumbo eggs
  • Glaze
    • 5 ounces bittersweet chocolate
    • 2 tablespoons coffee crystals
    • 4 tablespoons butter/margarine
    • Almonds or coffee beans
Notes

Submitted by Dr. Judith Becker, associate professor pediatrics-cardiology. Recipe is adapted from Newsday’s Passover collection in the 1990s.

Tip: If made with margarine or nut butter, this is a super dessert for a Passover meal. it can be frozen once assembled.

Directions

  • Puff
    • Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
    • On 1 cookie sheet, etched with 2-by-9 inch circles
    • Add butter/margarine, water, sugar, salt in sauce pan and heat over medium heat until the margarine is liquid.
    • Add cake meal all at once and stir vigorously until it no longer sticks to the side of the pot.
    • Remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes.
    • Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition (batter won’t be stiff).
    • Drop batter by the spoonful inside the circle on the pan to create a ring and smooth.
    • Bake 30-40 minutes until puffed and well-browned.
    • Separate carefully from the cookie sheet.
    • Cool on rack and slice in half.
  • Filling
    • Melt the chocolate; while hot, add coffee and cognac.
    • Cream together the butter and sugar until it’s light and fluffy.
    • Add the chocolate mix to the butter mix.
    • Add eggs one at a time, and beat for 2 minutes after each addition.
    • Continue beating until the sugar is thoroughly dissolved.
    • Chill at least 2 hours.
  • Glaze
    • Melt together the chocolate, butter and coffee.
  • Final assembly
    • Fill puffs with the cream and close.
    • Drizzle the sauce over top.
    • Sprinkle with coffee beans or almonds.
    • Serve or freeze.