Orange Cream Profiteroles Recipes

Steps:

• To make the ice cream, crush the aniseed in a mortar and pestle or seal them inside a sturdy plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin.
• In a medium saucepan, warm the milk, the 1/2 cup (125 ml) cream, the crushed aniseed, sugar, orange zest, and salt, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat, cover, and let steep for 1 hour.
• Pour the remaining 1 cup (250 ml) cream into a large bowl and set a mesh strainer across the top. Reheat the milk mixture until it's warm.
• In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks, then gradually add some of the warm milk mixture, whisking constantly as you pour. Pour the warmed yolks back into the saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly and scraping the bottom of the pan with a heatproof spatula, until the custard is thick enough to coat the spatula. Pour the custard through the mesh strainer into the cream; discard the bits of aniseed and orange zest.
• Set the bowl containing the custard over a larger bowl of ice water. Stir the custard until cool, then cover and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled.
• Freeze in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer's instructions.
• To serve, split each pâte à choux puff in half and place a scoop of ice cream on each bottom. Replace the tops and spoon warm chocolate sauce over the profiteroles.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200C (390F).
• Sift the flour and salt together then in a large saucepan boil butter and the water. Remove from the heat then add the flour and salt and beat with a wooden spoon until well blended and smooth, return the pan to a low heat for around 2 minutes while beating continuously then remove from the heat.
• Beat the three eggs into the mixture, it will curdle at first but keep stirring until it is smooth and glossy.
• On a greased pan drop tbsp sized balls of the mixture and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
• Whip the cream and then add the sugar, rind and Cointreu and beat for another minute.
• Using a piping gun poke a small hole in the top of the profiterole and fill each of them, Then pour melted chocolate over the hole.