My first attempt at choux pastry and it was not as terrifying as I thought. I was reminiscing about Chin Mee Chin’s custard puffs.. having grown up in Katong, those custard puffs were a given at afternoon tea. Yummy!

Ingredients for Puffs :
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup AP Flour
4 eggs

Ingredients for Filling :
5 tbsp sugar
5 tbsp custard powder
1 cup milk
1 egg

To do:
1. In a saucepan, heat water and butter to a rolling boil.
2. Add flour, stir vigorously over low heat until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat.
3. Beat eggs in all at once, until mixture is smooth.
4. Drop teaspoonfuls on an ungreased cookie sheet.
5. Bake at 400F for 25min

6. Separately, place ingredients for filling into a double boiler for 5min, till slightly thickened.

7. Cut puffs horizontally in half, add custard filling.

Makes 30 pieces.

For variations, you could use creme fraiche with fruits (yum!) or fresh cream drizzled with chocolate (double yum!). Savory fare could include tuna mayonnaise; smoke salmon with cucumber slices.