Soft and with a sweet and colorful filling, they are perfect when accompanied with a cream cheese
Pumpkin recipes are never enough! This is why we show you how to prepare delicious dishes cream puffs filled with orange cream, perfect as an appetizer for a dinner with autumn flavors.
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Everyone's crazy about pumpkin
Whether fried, baked, reduced to cream in a risotto, pumpkin is the most popular ingredient of this period of the year. And the reasons are really not lacking! It is rich in vitamins A and C, as well as mineral salts such as phosphorus, iron and potassium. Furthermore, the high content of fibers makes it ideal for keeping colitis and intestinal inflammation at bay. It is also a perfect ally in case of anxiety or insomnia: the amino acids it contains have a soothing action on our entire nervous system. All good reasons not to miss it on our tables in this period!
How to clean the pumpkin
The recipe for pumpkin puffs
Take 600 g of pumpkin already cleaned and peeled, cut into slices and arrange on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, sprinkle it with extra virgin olive oil and a pinch of salt and then bake at 180 ° for 30 minutes. When it is ready, blend it and keep it aside. In a saucepan, melt with a drop of milk 50 g of fontina with 100 g of fresh cream. When the cheese is melted, stir in 1 tablespoon of cornstarch and continue to mix until the cream is homogeneous.
Meanwhile, prepare the choux pastry for the cream puffs: in a saucepan, melt in 250 g of water 60 g of butter. When the water begins to boil, add 125 g of flour 00 sifted and mix with a whisk to avoid lumps. Stir until the pasta comes off the bottom of the pan then put it in a bowl and let it cool. Incorporate then 3 eggs, one at a time, and stir until each is well blended before adding the other. Put the dough in a pastry bag and make small balls on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Bake at 180 ° for 30 minutes and then let the cream puffs cool. Once cold, gently cut the bottom of the puffs, stuff it with the pureed pumpkin and then reposition the bottom. Arrange them on a serving dish and cover with the fontina fondue.
In the tutorial, some tips to prepare perfect cream puffs!
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