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Smoked Chicken Cream Puff Appetizer
recipe and photograph created by www.finedinings.com
Recipe Type: chicken, appetizer, canape, cream puff, pate a choux pastry
Prep Time: 40 min
Cook Time: 20 min
Yield: 30
Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup boiling water
1/2 cup flour, sifted
pinch of salt
2 eggs
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup Pecans, toasted, finely chopped
3/4 cup smoked chicken, cooked, chopped finely
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1-1/2 ounce cream cheese, softened
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated
Salt, to taste
zest of one lemon, divided
Instruction:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
In a medium saucepan combine butter and boiling water; add flour and salt
all at once stirring vigorously until it forms a ball; remove from heat,
add eggs beating until smooth.
Put level teaspoons of batter on a greased baking sheet. Bake for 17 to 22 minutes or until lightly brown; remove from oven;
cut off the tops, remove and discard doughy centers.
In a skillet melt butter over moderate heat; add pecans, toast until
golden; transfer to a small bowl and combine with the smoked chicken, mayonnaise, cream cheese, nutmeg,
salt and zest of 1/2 lemon (reserve 1/2 for garnish). Mix the smoked chicken pecan mixture well; fill the
cream puffs.
Garnish chicken pecan cream puffs with
the remaining lemon zest and serve.
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