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• Ingredients
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• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 60 minutes, Preparation Time - 15 minutes

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| 1. 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. | 2. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). | 3. 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. | 4. 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. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
white sugar	1/2	cup		387.0	99.98	0.0	0.0
purpose flour	5	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
milk	2	cups		297.68	23.3264	15.372	15.9576
egg yolk	2		beaten	109.48	1.2206	5.3924	9.0236
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
shortening	1/2	cup		906.1	0.0	0.0	102.5
water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
purpose flour	1	cup		-	-	-	-
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.