Profiteroles
Profiteroles are classic French choux pastries filled with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with warm dark chocolate sauce. The Thermomix TM7 makes the choux pastry achievable for everyone: the built-in scale weighs flour, butter and sugar precisely, while controlled heating cooks the water and butter mixture evenly. A silky chocolate sauce is ready in minutes, making this an impressive yet simple dessert.
About this recipe
Profiteroles Thermomix TM7 are the ultimate French dessert: crisp golden choux buns, cold vanilla ice cream and a warm dark chocolate sauce flowing over the top. Many home bakers hesitate to make choux pastry, yet this all-in-one kitchen machine removes the guesswork entirely. The integrated scale weighs your flour, butter and sugar directly into the mixing bowl, while precise temperature control gently melts the butter with water and salt before the flour is added. Stirring the eggs into the dough happens with consistent power, giving you a glossy, pipeable choux every single time. The same bowl then produces a velvety chocolate sauce from dark chocolate and milk in just a few minutes. Searching for recipes that deliver a showstopper dessert for birthdays, dinner parties or festive gatherings? These profiteroles look professional but require no advanced skills. Fill them with shop-bought vanilla ice cream and you have an elegant dessert ready to impress.
Preparation tips
- Open the oven door only when the profiteroles are deeply golden, because releasing steam too early makes the choux buns collapse and lose their hollow centre.
- Let the baked choux buns cool completely on a wire rack before filling, then pierce the base with a small nozzle and pipe the vanilla ice cream in just before serving.
- Chop the dark chocolate into small, even pieces before melting so the sauce turns silky without overheating; add a splash of milk if it becomes too thick for drizzling.
Recipe variations
- Lactose-free version: replace the milk in the chocolate sauce with plant-based oat drink and serve the choux buns with dairy-free vanilla ice cream for a fully lactose-free dessert.
- Festive winter variation: dust the filled profiteroles with icing sugar and swap the dark chocolate sauce for a warm caramel sauce, then stack them into a mini croquembouche for a showstopping Christmas finale.
Thermomix TM7 Benefits
- Weighing accuracy - The integrated scale of the TM7 weighs flour, butter and sugar directly into the bowl for consistent choux pastry. [Weighing]. [Built-in Scale]
- Heating control - The Thermomix heats water, salt and unsalted butter at exact temperature so the flour cooks evenly without scorching. [Heating]. [Precision Control]
- Mixing power - The Thermomix blends eggs into the choux dough with steady power until it forms a glossy, pipeable consistency. [Mixing]. [Multi-Function]
- Grating speed - The TM7 grates dark chocolate finely so the milk-based sauce melts evenly into a silky pour. [Grating]. [Multi-Function]
- Whipping ease - With the butterfly whisk the TM7 whips fresh cream into firm peaks for an alternative profiterole filling. [Whipping]. [Multi-Function]
Ingredients
- water
- butter, unsalted
- salt
- sugar
- flour
- eggs
- dark chocolate, 70% cocoa solids
- butter, unsalted
- milk
- vanilla ice cream