Cream Filled Seafood Puffs Recipes

CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. In 2 1/2-quart saucepan, heat water and butter to rolling boil. Stir in flour; reduce heat to low. Stir vigorously over low heat about 1 minute or until mixture forms a ball; remove from heat. Beat in eggs, all at once; continue beating until smooth.
• On ungreased cookie sheet, drop dough by slightly less than 1/4 cupfuls about 3 inches apart. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until puffed and golden. Cool away from draft, about 30 minutes.
• Make one of the fillings (directions below). Cut off top third of each puff and pull out any strands of soft dough. Fill puffs with filling; replace tops. Cover; refrigerate until serving. Store covered in refrigerator. Eggnog Fluff Filling: In large bowl, beat pudding mix, milk, rum extract, nutmeg and ginger with electric mixer on low speed until well blended. Add whipping cream; beat on high speed 1 to 2 minutes or until soft peaks form. Fill puffs. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate up to 3 hours. Just before serving, sprinkle with powdered sugar or brush tops with light corn syrup and sprinkle with colored sugar or nonpareils. Peppermint Whipped Cream Filling: In large bowl, beat ingredients with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Fill puffs. Serve immediately, or cover and refrigerate up to 4 hours.

CREAM PUFFS I

Steps:

• For the custard: In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup sugar, 5 tablespoons flour and a pinch of salt. Stir in milk, a little at a time, until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil 60 seconds, then pour a small amount of hot liquid into the 2 egg yolks, and stir. Then return now heated egg yolks to saucepan and stir, over heat, until mixture starts to bubble again. Remove from heat, add vanilla. Cover and chill in refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• For the pastry: In a medium saucepan, combine shortening and water and bring to a boil. Sift together 1 cup flour and a pinch of salt and pour all at once into boiling mixture. Stir vigorously until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat, and add eggs, one at a time, stirring vigorously after each addition. Drop by spoonfuls onto baking sheet, or pipe into desired shape.
• Bake 10 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) and bake 25 minutes more, or until golden. Cool completely, split, fill with custard, and replace tops.

CREAM PUFFS

Steps:

• Mix together vanilla instant pudding mix, cream and milk. Cover and refrigerate to set.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• In a large pot, bring water and butter to a rolling boil. Stir in flour and salt until the mixture forms a ball. Transfer the dough to a large mixing bowl. Using a wooden spoon or stand mixer, beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Centers should be dry.
• When the shells are cool, either split and fill them with the pudding mixture, or use a pastry bag to pipe the pudding into the shells.

SHRIMP PUFFS

Steps:

• TO MAKE PUFFS------------.
• Preheat oven to 400 F degrees.
• In a medium size saucepan, combine butter and water; heat to boiling.
• Stir in flour and salt using a wooden spoon.
• Stir until butter/flour mixture forms a thick, smooth base that follows the back of the spoon around the pan.
• Remove from heat; cool slightly.
• Using a wooden spoon, mix in eggs one at a time until mixture is thick and smooth.
• (This is very important to make sure that the mixture is smooth.) Drop by teaspoons onto a lightly greased cookie sheet; space 1 inch apart.
• Bake in preheated 400 F oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until puffed and golden; let cool.
• PUFF FILLING-------------.
• Rinse shrimp in cold water; drain well.
• In a medium bowl, combine shrimp, chopped celery, chopped green onions and chopped hard cooked eggs; mix well.
• In a separate bowl using a whisk, blend together mayonnaise, salt and lemon juice; fold into shrimp mixture and chill for about 1/2 hour in refrigerator.
• TO ASSEMBLE PUFFS-----------------.
• Pull or cut tops off the puffs and set aside with each puff.
• Remove any soft membrane from inside puff and discard.
• Stuff with chilled filling.
• Replace tops of puffs.
• Refrigerate until ready to serve.
• You can also use crab in place of shrimp.

CREAM PUFFS WITH CURRIED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Cut the shrimp into half-inch or slightly smaller pieces. There should be about one and one-quarter cups. Set aside.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until wilted. Add the curry powder and stir to blend.
• Add the cream and chutney and cook down to about half a cup. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the shrimp and cook, stirring, one or two minutes or until the shrimp lose their raw look throughout.
• Slice off the tops of all the cream puffs. Spoon an equal portion of the mixture into each cream-puff bottom. Replace the tops and serve.

CREAM FILLED SEAFOOD PUFFS

Steps:

• Heat water and butter in a saucepan until boiling point.
• Then, blend in the flour.
• Beat the batter until it forms a paste and remove from heat when it starts to shape into a ball.
• Blend in flaked fish and add the eggs (one at a time) until you have a thick batter.
• Use teaspoons to form one inch balls.
• Place on a baking sheet for fifteen minutes at 400 degrees, then turn the heat down to 350 for another 15 minutes, until golden.
• Cool slightly.
• Whip cream and cayenne together until slighly stiff.
• Using a kitchen syringe, inject each puff with one teaspoon of spicy cream.