The Profiterole From Scratch

Preparation info
  • Makes

    16 to 18

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
From Scratch: 10 Meals, 175 Recipes, and Dozens of Techniques You Will Use Over and Over

By Michael Ruhlman

Published 2019

  • About

Cream puffs sandwiching ice cream, finished with chocolate sauce: This is simply one of the best desserts there is, and it’s as easy to make as it is impressive. This is an especially easy from-scratch dish, especially given that two of the three components can be made days before serving and the other can be made hours ahead of time.

I’ll give all the recipes for a from-scratch version, but please, don’t not make this because of the ice cream—a good store-bought vanilla work