Does anyone know of a french recipe sounds like le petit shoe?
It was a basic recipe which could be made into several different items Answer ‘Les petits choux’ are choux pastry dainties, savoury or sweet, with predominantly creamed or mousse fillings which can be served either as ‘amuses bouches’ (’mouth pleasers’) or canapé alternatives, when savoury, or rich, sweet and varied sweetmeats. (In many ways you might say that the famous Croquembouche confection is nothing other than an elaborate, architectural scale ‘pièce montée’ or ‘pile-up’ of ‘petits choux’.) For 36 petits choux: 150g flour, sifted 100g butter 5 eggs 250ml water pinch salt 15g icing sugar (for sweet version only) Pre-heat your oven to 200°C /400°F Bring the water and the butter to the boil. When boiling, turn in all the flour at once. Mix and work the mixture briskly until the resulting paste begins to detach from the sides of the saucepan and from the spatula. Take off the heat, cool a little, and then begin to add the eggs, one by one, working the paste very briskly indeed until
