You`ll need (for the pastry):
. 1 cup (250 ml) of milk
. 1,76 oz (50 g) of butter
. 2 cups (240 g) of white flour
. 5 medium sized eggs
. a pinch of salt and sugar
In a saucepan combine milk, butter, salt, sugar and bring the mixture to a simmer. Once it starts to bubble, immediately add the flour and mix it well with all of the elbow grease you have, until the dough forms into a ball . Leave the dough to cool down a little bit.
Once it's cooled, with a wooden spoon or an electric mixer (with the dough hook attachment) mix the dough while adding the eggs one at a time. Mix until the eggs are well incorporated.
Preheat the oven to 410-428 F ( 210-220 C). The dough can be transported to a pastry bag with a large piping tip or you can just form them with a spoon. Pipe small amounts of the dough on a non-stick baking pan (or line a regular pan with parchment paper). Don`t forget to leave a lot of space in between as the dough expands as it bakes.
Bake for about 20 min until golden (baking time depends on the size of the pastries).
Let them cool on a rack.
A tip: While the pastries are cooling, lock the kitchen, or make your husband to take the children for a walk, because the pastries are absolutely delicious on their own, and because of that, they might magically disappear and you`ll have nothing to put the filling into.
For the filling:
. 0,6 cup (150 g) mascarpone (or cream) cheese
. 2-3 tbsp confectioners sugar
. juice of half a lemon
. zest of one lemon
. fresh berries of your choice
Mix the mascarpone cheese with the lemon juice, confectioners sugar and lemon zest.
Cut the pastries just a bit (they will be hollow inside) and fill them with the cream. Decorate with berries. If you want, you can sprinkle a bit of confectioners sugar or grate black chocolate on top.
Enjoy!
The recipe is by Iveta ,who is a knitter too.
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