Savoury Cream Cheese Profiteroles

For a delicious and fresh spring entrée that your guests will appreciate, serve these cute and delightful pastries stuffed with a luscious cream cheese and sundried tomato pesto filling.

Course Hors D'oeuvres & Appetizers
Prep. Time 40 mins
Cooking Time 30 - 40 mins
Yields 48 servings

Preparation
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Preparation

What You Need

Milk cream-puff pastry:

1 cup (250 ml) milk

1/2 tbsp (7 ml) sugar

1/2 tsp (2 ml) salt

1/3 cup (80 ml) butter

4 eggs

1 cup (250 ml) flour

Filling:

8 oz (250 g) spreadable Canadian Cream cheese

2 tbsp (30 ml) parsley, chopped

1 French shallot, chopped

1 tbsp (15 ml) sun-dried tomato pesto

Lettuce shoots or

fine herbs

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350oF (180oC). Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Whip eggs and set aside.

In saucepan, bring milk to boil with sugar, salt and butter.

Add flour to saucepan and stir until thickened dough doesn’t stick to sides of saucepan.

Transfer to bowl and incorporate eggs a bit at a time, stirring well between additions.

Drop teaspoons of pastry dough onto parchment-covered cookie sheet.

Bake 30–40 minutes or until puffed up and golden.

Let cool. Store in tightly sealed container until use. Puffs may be frozen in advance.

Mix cheese with parsley, shallot and pesto.

Cut puffs horizontally in two. Garnish bottoms with 2 tsp (10 ml) filling and lettuce shoots or fine herbs. Cover with top halves, then serve

Tips

Canadian Mascarpone

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Nutritional Info

Per serving

Energy: 43 Calories
Protein: 1 g
Carbohydrate: 3 g
Fat: 3 g
Fibre: 0.1 g
Sodium: 41 mg

Top 5 nutrients provided by a serving of this recipe

Nutrient (% DV)*

Calcium: 1 % / 14 mg
Selenium: 5 %
Vitamin B12: 4 %
Folate: 4 %
Vitamin D: 3 %

* Note: The daily value (DV) is established by Health Canada and corresponds to the daily quantity recommended for each nutrient. The percentage of the daily value (% DV) indicates the proportion of the nutrient provided by a serving of the recipe, in comparison with the quantity recommended.

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