Christmas Profiteroles Tree – Easy and Spectacular Recipe for the Holidays
Do you want to impress your guests with a spectacular and irresistible Christmas dessert? The Christmas profiteroles tree is the perfect recipe!
A pyramid of soft cream puffs, filled with a delicate cream of whipped cream and mascarpone, covered with a delicious chocolate glaze and decorated like a real Christmas tree.
It is a dessert that becomes the star of the festive table: beautiful to look at, delicious to eat, and very easy to prepare even at home.
Thanks to its tree-shaped presentation, the Christmas profiteroles is ideal for the Christmas Eve dinner, Christmas lunch, or New Year’s.
You can customize it with colorful sprinkles, red fruits, or a chocolate star on top, to make it even more elegant and festive.
Prepare it in advance and store it in the fridge: it will be the perfect dessert to sweetly conclude your holiday dinners.
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Cheap
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 1 Hour
- Portions: 30 Pieces
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: New Year's, Christmas
- Energy 175.71 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 8.62 (g) of which sugars 2.88 (g)
- Proteins 2.81 (g)
- Fat 14.76 (g) of which saturated 6.11 (g)of which unsaturated 2.52 (g)
- Fibers 1.12 (g)
- Sodium 50.11 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 40 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for the Christmas Profiteroles Tree – Easy and Spectacular Recipe for the Holidays:
for about 30 cream puffs
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup milk
- 7 tbsp butter
- 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs
- salt
- 1 1/4 cups heavy cream
- 9 oz mascarpone
- 1/4 cup sugar
- vanilla
- 7 oz dark chocolate
- 1/2 cup fresh heavy cream
- 1 1/2 tbsp butter
Tools
Large bowl → to prepare the choux pastry or mix the filling cream
Small saucepan → to heat water, milk, and butter for the cream puff dough
Hand whisk or electric whisk → to incorporate ingredients well
Silicone spatula → to mix and transfer the dough
Piping bag with round tip → to form the cream puffs and fill them
Baking sheet → lined with parchment paper for baking
Cooling rack → to cool the cream puffs after baking
Heatproof bowl → to melt the chocolate in a water bath
Spoon or fork → to dip the cream puffs in the glaze
Large serving plate or cake stand → to assemble the tree
Kitchen tweezers (optional) → to place the Christmas decorations precisely
Steps
For the preparation of the Christmas Profiteroles Tree – Easy and Spectacular Recipe for the Holidays watch the video HERE.
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Prepare the cream puffs (if not using ready-made ones)
Bring water, milk, butter, and salt to a boil.
Add the flour all at once and mix until the dough detaches from the sides of the pan.
Transfer to a bowl and let it warm slightly.
Incorporate the eggs one by one until you get a smooth and dense dough.
Form the cream puffs on a baking sheet with parchment paper (piping bag with round tip).
Bake in a static oven at 390°F for 10 min, then lower to 355°F for another 15-20 min.
Fill the cream puffs
Mix the cream, sugar, mascarpone, and vanilla and whip.
Using a piping bag, fill each cream puff with the cream.Prepare the coating
Melt the dark chocolate with the cream and butter in a water bath or microwave.
Mix until you get a smooth glaze.Assemble the profiteroles
Dip each cream puff in the glaze and arrange them in a pyramid on a serving plate, creating the shape of a Christmas tree.Decorate
Add sprinkles, pistachio granules, and red fruits as if they were Christmas baubles.
Enjoy your meal!
🫙 Storage
Store in the fridge for up to 24 hours covered with a dome or plastic wrap.
You can prepare the cream puffs the day before and fill/glaze them just before serving to keep them crisp.
