Basic recipe craquelé choux
A crispy craquelin choux is a choux pastry with a crispy top, also known in professional terms as the tiger choux.The soft inside combined with the crispy bite of the tartelette forms the ideal base for endless variation: fill, enrich, or top as desired. Recipe for about 30 profiteroles.Ingredients
Royal Steensma Food Coloring as desired
200gButter
50gWater
500gRoyal Steensma Tartlet Mix
340gWhole egg
300gWater
250gRoyal Steensma Choux Pastry Mix
Preparation
- Mix the tartelette mix, butter, water, and coloring of your choice into a dough and let it firm up in the fridge.
- Roll out the dough to 2 mm and cut out discs, slightly larger than the choux.
- Using a paddle attachment, mix the choux mix with water and eggs until smooth batter forms.
- Pipe mounds of about 25 grams onto a baking tray.
- Place a craquelin disc on each mound.
- Bake the choux at 190°C, with 70% steam, with the steam vent open, for 25 to 30 minutes.





