Profiteroles with Berry Coulis

Profiteroles are miniature cream puffs made with pâte á choux (paht-ah-SHOO), an egg-based pastry that puffs as it bakes. Coulis (koo-LEE) is the French name for a thick sauce made with fruits or vegetables.

Yield: 5 servings (serving size: 3 cream puffs and 1/2 cup coulis)

Ingredients

• Pâte á choux:
• 3/4  cup  all-purpose flour
• 3/4  cup  water
• 3  tablespoons  butter
• 1  teaspoon  granulated sugar
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 3  large egg whites
• 1  large egg yolk
• 
  Coulis:
• 2  cups  sliced strawberries
• 1  cup  fresh blackberries
• 1  cup  fresh raspberries
• 3  tablespoons  granulated sugar
• 
  Remaining ingredients:
• 1  cup  vanilla low-fat frozen yogurt
• 2  tablespoons  powdered sugar

Preparation

Preheat oven to 375°.

To prepare pâte á choux, lightly spoon the flour into dry measuring cups, and level with a knife. Combine water and next 3 ingredients (water through salt) in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and add the flour, stirring well with a whisk until the mixture is smooth and pulls away from sides of pan. Remove from heat, and cool 5 minutes.

Add egg whites and egg yolk, 1 at a time, beating vigorously with a wooden spoon until smooth. Spoon mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch round tip. Pipe 15 (1 1/2-inch round) mounds onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 375° for 35 minutes or until golden. Remove pan from oven; reduce oven temperature to 300°. Cut a horizontal slit into one side of each cream puff. Return to oven; bake at 300° for 5 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

To prepare coulis, combine the strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, and 3 tablespoons granulated sugar in a medium bowl; chill 30 minutes. Partially mash berries with a fork. Cut tops off cream puffs, and fill each cream puff with about 1 tablespoon yogurt. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve with coulis.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

283 (30% from fat)

Fat:

9.4g (sat 5.2g,mono 2.4g,poly 0.9g)

Protein:

7.3g

Carbohydrate:

44g

Fiber:

5.1g

Cholesterol:

67mg

Iron:

1.6mg

Sodium:

248mg

Calcium:

75mg