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Gluten-free Chocolate Orange Profiteroles Recipe (dairy-free option)

Gluten-free chocolate orange profiteroles recipe - NEVER FAILS and nobody would know it's Coeliac-friendly and wheat-free.
Course Everything & Anything Else
Keyword gluten-free baking, gluten-free recipe, profiteroles recipe
Prep Time 45 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 12
Calories 660kcal
Author Becky Excell

Equipment

Ingredients

For the choux pastry:

  • 75 ml water
  • 75 ml milk or dairy-free alternative if necessary
  • 50 g butter cut into pieces (or Stork hard margarine if dairy-free)
  • 75 g gluten-free self raising flour
  • 1/4 tsp xanthan gum
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs

For the filling:

  • 300 ml double cream or dairy-free alternative if necessary - linked in FAQ section
  • 1 tsp orange extract
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder ensure dairy-free if necessary
  • 3 tbsp icing sugar
  • zest of 1 orange optional

For the ganache topping:

  • 175 g dark or milk chocolate dairy-free if necessary
  • 175 g double cream or dairy-free alternative if necessary - linked in FAQ section
  • 1 orange for zesting

Instructions

For the choux pastry

  • Preheat your oven to 220C / 200C Fan. Prepare a large baking sheet.
  • Sieve your gluten free self raising flour, xanthan gum, sugar and salt into a bowl. Put to one side.
  • Place your milk and water into a small/medium saucepan alongside your butter. Heat on a low/medium heat until the butter has melted.
  • Once melted allow to bring up to a gentle simmer. Once simmering, turn the heat off and immediately add your flour mix to the saucepan. Mix vigorously straight away until everything comes together into a dough.
  • If the mixture still seems a tiny bit moist on top put it back on a very low heat (continuously stirring) for a minute or so, don't let it stick to the bottom.
  • Take off the heat and place in a bowl to cool a little. You need to do this before adding your eggs next.
  • Beat 2 eggs in a jug and then gradually add it to the dough. You need to mix really thoroughly between each addition. You can do this by hand quite easily but its a proper workout! I tend to do it with an electric hand mixer on the lowest setting. It doesn't look the prettiest whilst mixing but keep going until smooth.
  • Make sure you are watching the consistency of the dough as you add the egg. You don't want it to go too runny. It needs to be thick enough to be a pipeable consistency that can hold it's shape.
  • At this point the dough should be ready to pipe. Transfer your dough into a piping bag (I use a 1A nozzle - linked in FAQ section). Pipe small balls onto your baking sheet with a little space between each ball.
  • Once they've all been piped, wet your finger and dab the top of each ball to help with the shape. Gently flatten any pointy bits.
  • You can gently brush a little egg or milk on top of each ball but only if you have some spare as it's not necessary.
  • Place in the oven at 220C / 200C Fan for 10 minutes. Then reduce the temperature of the oven to 170C / 150C Fan for a further 15 minutes until puffy and golden. Never open the oven until they are ready to be taken out.
  • Remove from the oven and pierce the bottom of each profiterole with a skewer and place them upside down to let the steam out, otherwise they will be soggy inside. Allow to cool down in a warm area - I usually do this by putting them back in the oven, turned off with the door ajar - do this for about 20 minutes.
  • Store in an airtight container if you aren't planning to use them immediately.

For the filling:

  • Add your cream into a bowl alongside orange extract, icing sugar and cocoa powder. Whisk together, ideally using an electric hand whisk until thickened and quite stiff. Then stir in your orange zest.

For the topping:

  • Chop your chocolate finely and place into a bowl.
  • Heat your cream until just before boiling and then pour it over the finely chopped chocolate. Allow to sit for 5 minutes and then mix together till the chocolate is fully melted and combined.
  • If you want you can add a 1/2 tsp of orange extract and stir it in.

To assemble your profiteroles:

  • Simply cut each choux bun in half and add your filling using a spoon OR pipe it in by placing the filling into a piping bag with a star nozzle. Either works well! They should start to feel heavier with the filling inside.
  • Dip each filled bun into the ganache topping and top with some orange zest.
  • Serve up straight away ideally. But you can leave them in the fridge for a couple of hours if you need to.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 660kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 47g | Saturated Fat: 29g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 173mg | Sodium: 360mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 39g