Try chef Spike Mendelsohn's recipe for delicious cream puffs, made with matzah!
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp. potato starch
- 1 lemon , juiced
- 1/3 cup fat
- 1 cup matzah meal
- 1/8 tsp. salt
- 4 eggs
- Sweetened whipped cream (optional)
- Chocolate (optional)
Directions
To make filling: Beat eggs well. Combine sugar with potato starch. Combine with eggs and beat. Add lemon juice and 1 cup water. Cook mixture in the top of a double boiler until thick, stirring constantly. Cool and fill cream puffs.
To make puffs: Preheat oven to 450°. Combine 1 cup water with fat and bring to a boil. Add matzah meal and salt. Cook until well blended.
Remove from heat. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Drop spoonfuls onto a greased baking sheet. Bake at 450° for 25 minutes, then at 325° for 45 minutes, until puffs are dry. Cut in half. Fill with cream puff filing, sweetened whipped cream and drizzle with chocolate.
Printed from Oprah.com on May 26, 2012
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