As I previously mentioned, years ago my aunt made a Pineapple Cream Puff which I fondly remember. Since I can't replicate her recipe, I did my best to adapt the Strawberry Cream Puffs. While not the same ones I remember, these were very good.
Here is what you'll need:
- 1/2 cup pineapple puree (about 1 cup of fresh pineapple)
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 Tbsp confectioners' sugar
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 sheets of puff pastry
- 1 egg yolk, beaten
- confectioners' sugar (for sprinkling)
- pineapple, diced for garnish
To make the puree, place 1 cup of pineapple in a blender or food processor and pulse until pureed to an almost smooth consistency. Set aside.
To make pineapple cream, in the bowl of a stand mixer, beat heavy cream on high until foamy Add 2 Tbsp confectioners' sugar and beat until stiff peaks form. Transfer to a mixing bowl and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat cream cheese until smooth. Add 1/3 cup confectioner's sugar and vanilla, and beat until smooth. Be sure to scrape down the sides to make sure ingredients are well combined. Add pineapple puree to cream cheese mixture and mix on low until combined. Remove bowl from stand mixer.
Gently fold whipped cream into pineapple cream until combined. Transfer cream to pastry bag with large tip, or alternately use a zip lock bag with corned cut off. Refrigerate until ready to use.
To make pastry, unfold a sheet of puff pastry on wax paper. Cut each sheet into 9 pieces for regular sized cream puffs, or 25 pieces for mini cream puffs.
Transfer cut pastry to parchment lined baking sheet. Brush pastry with egg yolk.
Bake for 11-13 minutes, or until pastry has risen, browned and looks dry. Remove from oven and completely cool on wire racks.
Cut each pastry in half. Pipe ~1/4 cup of cream onto each pastry bottom. Place other half of pastry on top of cream. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar. Pipe a small dollop of cream on top. Garnish with diced pineapple. Serve immediately.
For mini cream puffs, I baked the puff pastry for 8 minutes. After the puff pastry cooled, I cut a hole in the top of the puff pastry, sprinkled with confectioner's sugar, filled the hole with cream and sprinkled a few pieces of diced pineapple on top of the cream.
Makes 18 cream puffs (shown here) or 50 mini cream puffs (not shown).
Source: Adapted from Glorious Treats
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