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EINKORN CREAM PUFFS
For the Pastry
- 1 cup water
- 7 tbsp butter ((100g))
- 1 tbsp dehydrated wholesugar cane
- Large pinch salt
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose einkorn flour ((150g))
- 3 eggs
- Powdered sugar, for serving
For the Cream
- 1/2 cup dehydrated whole sugarcane
- Large pinch salt
- 1/4 cup all-purpose einkorn flour
- 2 cups whole milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large saucepan, combine the water and butter. Heat over medium heat until it begins to boil. Turn off the heat and add in the flour, all at once. Immediately stir it with a wooden spoon aggressively until the dough comes together into a smooth ball that has cleaned inside of the pan.
Turn the heat under the pan onto low and “cook” the dough over the heat for one minute to help absorb any extra moisture, stirring constantly. Turn off the heat.
With your wooden spoon, make a small well inside the dough ball and add in one egg. Again, stir it quickly and fiercely. Initially, the dough will separate but in about thirty seconds of stirring, will once again form a smooth dough. Once this has happened, make another well, and add in another egg. Stir it quickly until the dough has once again become smooth. This will take about one minute. Repeat with the third egg.
Using lightly buttered hands, form the dough into twelve walnut-size balls. Space them out evenly on the parchment baking sheet.
Bake for 25 minutes, until gently golden.
While the pastries are baking, being making the pastry cream by combining the sugar, salt, flour, and milk together in a saucepan. Whisk to combine over medium heat until the mixture comes to a low boil. Allow it to simmer for five minutes while continuing to stir.
Add in the egg yolks and vanilla and cook the mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly, for five to seven minutes, until it becomes as thick as pudding.
Turn off the heat and allow the cream to cool.
Once the pastries are baked and cooled, carefully cut them in half. Add two tablespoons of the cream into the middle and put the two pieces back together. Dust with powdered sugar. Eat the pastries as fresh as possible or store them overnight in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Can’t wait to try this wondering if I could sub reg organic all purpose flour for the einkorn… Don’t have any and I don’t really want to wait for it to be delivered before trying these they look so yummy!
These are so delicious! I added shredded coconut and a little semi-sweet chocolate chips to the cream and they were amazing! Love using the einkorn!
The only thing I would say, is that I had a huge amount of cream leftover and the cream recipe could almost be cut in half. No worries, I basically have pudding for leftover dessert!
The only einkorn flour available to me locally is whole wheat einkorn flour. Would this work?
No, whole wheat einkorn works very differently from all purpose. You can buy all purpose einkorn from jovialfoods.com or amazon.
Not sure about dehydrated wholesugar cane. What is it and where do i get it? Any substitutions?
I just baked these exactly as instructed. They never puffed but were very dense, never puffed, and took way longer than 25min at 350 to cook. Am I missing something here? I’m not new to baking with doughs and I’m scratching my head.
only 3 stars because as much as I love you shaye..you did not tell us beginners that not ALL einkorn is the same! so I used the azure einkorn which is whole wheat NOT all purpose as is Jovial! and the butter was waaaay too much! it was “oozing” butter all over the place! this is all my fault tho..because I was following the video and half ass read the directions in the link below it! she doubled her recipe as I later realized when I was trying to add more and more flour in the dough..AFTER I put the eggs in already! they came out ok but NOT “puffs” more like butter biscuits! ok now I know so I will give it another go with Jovial next time ; ) oh BTW in your video you don’t add sugar or salt to the pastry dough ? but thats in your directions?
These were more like “custard” puffs, but that didn’t make them any less delicious. My brother regularly requests these now. Haha. Thank you again for sharing!! 10/10