Profiterole

Puffs, Swiss Ofenküchlein, Austro choux pastry are usually fist-sized, hollow pastries from fire ground. They are often, possibly in addition, filled with whipped cream or vanilla cream with fruit. Since the choux pastry is not sweetened, cream puffs can be both sweet and savory filled. As a basis for fillings are eg cottage cheese, cream cheese and mashed avocado.

To prepare small portions incendiary composition are set with a spoon at a greater distance on a baking sheet or sprayed with a piping bag. Cream puffs are still hot side cut open and filled after cooling.

Very small cream puffs called profiteroles.

A composite made ​​of profiteroles cake is the Croquembouche.