Ingredients
60g strong white flour
Pinch of mustard powder
Pinch of cayenne pepper
2 eggs (large)
50g butter or baking fat/block
150ml water
25g parmesan cheese
Twist of black pepper
100g soft cheese
2 slices of ham
1 tomato
Equipment
Baking tray, pastry brush, weighing scales, sieve, greaseproof paper, 2 small bowls, fork, measuring jug, saucepan, wooden spoon, 2 x 10ml spoons, knife, chopping board, cooling rack.
Method
- Preheat the oven to 200°C or gas mark 6.
- Grease or line the baking tray, and sprinkle a little water on top.
- Sift the flour, mustard powder and cayenne pepper onto the piece of greaseproof paper.
- Beat the eggs in the small bowl with the fork.
- Melt the fat in the water in the saucepan.
- When it starts to boil, remove from the heat and shoot in the flour.
- Beat the mixture briskly until it is smooth and leaves the side of the pan.
- Stir in the egg, a little at a time, to form a smooth paste.
- Grate the cheese
- Add the cheese and black pepper to the mixture and mix until combined.
- Place small spoons of choux pastry onto the baking tray.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Increase heat to 220 °C, gas mark 7, and bake for 15 minutes.
- Slice with the knife and place on the cooling rack.
- Chop the ham and dice the tomato, and mix with the soft cheese in the small bowl.
- When the buns are cool, fill with the soft cheese mixture.
Top tips:
- Use a heat proof stand to place the saucepan on when stirring in the flour and egg.
- You can vary the flavours of the choux buns by adding salmon or smoked mackerel pate for example.
Food skills:

Weigh

Measure

Beat

Melt, simmer and boil

Mix, Stir & Combine

Grate

Bake

Sift
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