Definitions for "Profiteroles"
Keywords:  choux, pastry, cream, chantilly, pate
A small ball made from Pate a Choux, filled with ice-cream or pastry cream. Said to derive from profit, a French word meaning small gift (which is what it is, a small sweet gift with a surprise filling).
These are small balls made from pastry dough and are usually filled with whipped cream and covered with chocolate sauce.
Small choux pastry buns. They can be either sweet or savoury. Various filling are used such as pastry cream. chantilly cream, jam, ice cream, game purée and cheese mixtures. The word profit meant small gift. see Choux Pastry