Online Cooking Class

Profiteroles and Cream Puffs

Sat | Dec 05, 2020 | 10A–12P PT

Teacher Jackie Apple

Join Jackie Apple to make Profiteroles and Cream Puffs! These classic, holiday worthy desserts of pastry puffs, luscious custard or ice cream filling, and chocolate sauce have been around for centuries, and there’s good reason they appear regularly on celebration tables and restaurant menus around the world.
Discover the sweet and savory wonders of Pâte à Choux (choux pastry dough), an essential building block in your baking repertoire. Use it in the future to make cream puffs, éclairs and epic, towering croquembouche. Or, transfer your new skills from dessert table to appetizer tray by making crowd-pleasing savory, cheesy Gougères or Chouquettes. (Jackie has included bonus recipes for you!).
You’ll make all elements of these desserts in class - mixing, piping and baking choux paste, making silken Pastry Cream, and topping it all off with homemade Chocolate Sauce. All of these components can be made ahead and stored for later enjoyment.
This is a dessert adventure you don’t want to miss!

Menu | Recipes

Pâte à Choux

Pastry Cream

Chocolate Sauce

Profiteroles

Cream Puffs

Gougères

Bonus Recipe: Chouquettes


Ingredient/Equipment Prep

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Our online experiences are live and interactive

Got questions? You’ll get to ask them. Wondering if your dough/sauce/whatever looks right? You’ll be able to show the teacher and find out.

You only need to purchase one spot per household. This experience is held via Zoom, with a maximum of 12 students – you will receive instructions for logging in after registering. For ingredient, equipment and prep lists (when applicable), click on the ‘VIEW THE LIST’ button on this page. Printable recipes and handouts are available 48 hours prior to the start of the experience. Cooking classes are recorded, and you may view the videos by logging into your account on our website.

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About the teacher

Jackie Apple

As a youngster, JACKIE APPLE loved hanging out in the family kitchen, sitting on the counter watching her mother prepare classic Argentine food. Throughout her youth, Jackie traveled often to Europe and South America. Some of her most vivid memories are of the flavorful foods created by her relatives and host family: cherry clafouti in Vichy, France; pasta alla norcina in Perugia, Italy; beef empanadas in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In college and graduate school, Jackie cooked whenever possible. Friends always jumped when she offered to make a meal, and she even met her husband that way! Eventually, cooking on nights and weekends was not enough - Jackie enrolled at the Tante Marie Cooking School in San Francisco. There, despite stressing about every success and failure, Jackie had the time of her life. She knew then that the kitchen was THE place for her.
Jackie has been teaching cooking for more than 15 years, taking great pleasure in seeing students learn something new that they will share with others. Like many of her students, Jackie has a family to feed and a busy schedule. She understands the importance of creating recipes that can be made quickly and efficiently.
The most important message Jackie has for her students is “Just Cook!” You will be amazed at the dishes you can create for your family and friends.

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