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Choux Pastries

4 servings

Ingredients

• 0.25 l water
• 200 g flour (fine)
• 100 g butter
• 5 pcs eggs
• 1 tbsp sugar
• lemon zest (½ lemon) (a little)
• melted butter (for frying) (as needed)
• sugar or glaze (for sprinkling) (a little)

Instructions

1. Bring water and butter to a boil, stir in flour and continue stirring until dry and no longer sticking to the pot.
2. Remove from heat, stir in one egg, lemon zest, and sugar.
3. Once cooled, incorporate the remaining eggs.
4. Beat the dough vigorously, fill into a piping bag, pipe into boiling melted butter, bake like Berliner Pfannkuchen, and sprinkle with sugar or coat with glaze.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.