St. Honore aux Groseilles (St. Honore of Gooseberries)

Ingredients

• half a pint of water
• a quarter of a pound of butter
• two ounces of sugar
• half a pound of finely sifted flour
• seven or eight eggs

Method

1. 1

   First of all make some pate a choux as follows: Put into a saucepan half a pint of water, a quarter of a pound of butter, and two ounces of sugar.

2. 2

   Let the mixture boil, then add gradually half a pound of finely sifted flour, and when the flour has all been absorbed, and the paste is quite dry, remove the saucepan from the fire and add, one by one, seven or eight eggs, beating the mixture well the whole time, till a very smooth paste is obtained.

3. 3

   Then make some short paste, and roll it out to the thickness of a quarter of an inch, and cut it into a round from six to eight inches in diameter.

4. 4

   Place this on a baking-sheet, put the choux paste into a forcing bag, and press out of it a ring about an inch in thickness on to the edge of the round of paste, brush it over with yolk of egg, and place the sheet in a moderate oven.

5. 5

   With the remainder of the choux paste make some little balls, egg them over, and bake these on another flat tin.

6. 6

   When all has been baked a nice golden color, stick these balls with white of egg quite close together on the top of the roll of choux paste.

7. 7

   In the centre place some stewed gooseberries and heap up on the top some whipped cream; serve cold.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Little French dinners (1898) by Eveleen De Rivaz, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

St. Honore anx Groseilles (St. Honore of Goose- berries).— First of all make some pate a choux as follows : Put into a saucepan half a pint of water, a quarter of a pound of butter, and two ounces of sugar. Let the mixture boil, then add gradually half a pound of finely sifted flour, and when the flour has all been absorbed, and the paste is quite dry, remove the saucepan from the fire and add, one by one, seven or eight eggs

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.