Famous Red Bakery Custard Puffs - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Choux Pastry
250 ml water
125 g butter
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
150 g flour
4 eggs
1 egg white
Custard
3 egg yolks
3 tablespoons custard powder
80 g sugar
600 ml milk

Preparation

Preheat oven to 220degrees celsius.
Boil water, butter, sugar and salt in a covered pot. Add in flour and cook 2 minutes, stirring.
Transfer to a bowl and beat for a further 2 minutes.
Beat eggs in one by one till each has incorporated well. Beat in egg white in the same manner.
Place 1 tbsp of dough on a baking sheet, well spaced apart. Bake for 5 minutes.
Reduce heat to 180 degrees celsius and bake for another 15mins.
Remove, slit the puffs a little to let steam out and bake another 15 minutes Cool at a fan.
Custard:.
Combine egg yolks, custard powder and sugar together with tbsp of the milk.
In a pot, bring the rest of the milk to a simmer.Turn off heat.
Pour milk in slowly to egg mix, whisking non stop. Return to heat and cook over low heat till thickened. Cool.
Fill puffs with cooled custard.