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Preparation info
  • Makes

    18

    profiteroles
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
French at Heart: Recipes That Bring France Home

By Marjorie Taylor and Kendall Smith Franchini

Published 2025

  • About

Profiteroles are an iconic French dessert, which we make using the same basic pâte à choux (choux paste) dough we use for Spicy Cheese Puffs, only without the spice and cheese. Pâte à choux (pronounced PAHT-ah-SHOO) isn’t actually sweetened, so it puffs into a neutral pastry that can take both sweet and savory applications. Choux pastries are the gateway to so many French sweets, from éclairs and Saint-Honorés to cream puffs and their relativ