Description
Delicious and light blackberry cream puff bites filled with a creamy mixture and topped with fresh blackberries.
Ingredients
Scale
- 120 ml (½ cup) water
- 60 g (¼ cup) unsalted butter
- 1 tbsp sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 70 g (½ cup + 1 tbsp) all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs
- 200 ml (¾ cup) heavy cream, chilled
- 200 g (1 cup) mascarpone or cream cheese
- 80 g (⅔ cup) powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 100 g (½ cup) blackberry puree (strained, optional for the purple cream)
- Fresh blackberries (for garnish)
- Blackberry jam (for drizzling)
- Powdered sugar (light dusting)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a saucepan, bring water, butter, sugar, and salt to a boil.
- Add flour all at once, stirring vigorously until dough pulls away from the sides.
- Transfer dough to a bowl, let cool 5 minutes.
- Beat in eggs one at a time until smooth and glossy.
- Pipe small mounds onto prepared sheet (about 1–1.5 inches wide).
- Bake for 20–25 minutes, until puffed and golden. Cool completely.
- Beat mascarpone, powdered sugar, and vanilla until smooth.
- Divide into two bowls: Keep one plain (vanilla cream) and mix the second with blackberry puree for a purple cream.
- Whip heavy cream until stiff peaks form and gently fold into both mixtures.
- Slice puffs in half.
- Pipe a swirl of purple blackberry cream, then a swirl of vanilla cream.
- Place the puff lid back on.
- Top each puff with a dollop of blackberry jam.
- Place a fresh blackberry on top.
- Dust lightly with powdered sugar.
Notes
- Ensure the heavy cream is well chilled for better whipping.
- For a more intense blackberry flavor, use fresh blackberry puree.
- These can be made ahead of time; just assemble before serving.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: French
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cream puff
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 10g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 12g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 40mg