Biscuit profiteroles with cherry filling

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Number of portions20 Units
Preparation time

60 min (of which 30 min active)

Profiteroles get a crispy surface from biscuit dough. The profiteroles are filled with a wonderfully soft cherry filling.

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient

Cookie dough

50 gbutter
1 dlwheat flour
1/2 dlsugar

Profiteroles

50 gbutter
1 dlwater
1 dlwheat flour
1 tspsugar
2 pcseggs

Filling

2 dl1 carton (2 dl) whipping cream
250 g1 tub (250 g) mascarpone cheese
170 g2 jar (85 g) cherry jam

In addition

piping bag
piping tip
(½ tbsp powdered sugar)

Preparation (Oven 200°C)

  1. 1

    Prepare a biscuit dough. Rub the room-temperature butter, flour and sugar into a smooth dough. Roll the dough between two baking papers into a sheet about 5 mm thick. Put the sheet in the refrigerator.

    QuantityIngredient
    50 gbutter
    1 dlwheat flour
    1/2 dlsugar
  2. 2

    Prepare the profiteroles. Bring the butter and water to a boil in a saucepan. Take the saucepan away from the stove. Mix the flour and sugar in with the butter and water mixture. Cook the mixture on low heat, stirring all the time, until it is smooth and comes loose from the rims of the saucepan. Let the dough cool a bit. Whisk the eggs one by one into the dough by stirring hard with an electric mixer.

    QuantityIngredient
    50 gbutter
    1 dlwater
    1 dlwheat flour
    1 tspsugar
    2 pcseggs
  3. 3

    Pipe the profiteroles (20 pieces) onto a baking paper on a baking tray. Cut round biscuits the size of the profiteroles from the biscuit dough using a cookie cutter or piping tip. Place the biscuits on top of the profiteroles. Bake the profiteroles in the oven at 200 °C for about 20 minutes. Do not open the oven door during baking.

    QuantityIngredient
    piping bag
    piping tip
  4. 4

    Prepare the filling. Whisk the cream into a foam. Whisk in the mascarpone and jam. Spoon the filling into a piping bag equipped with a piping tip. With the piping tip, make a hole in the bottom of the profiteroles and pipe the filling in.

    QuantityIngredient
    2 dl1 carton (2 dl) whipping cream
    250 g1 tub (250 g) mascarpone cheese
    170 g2 jar (85 g) cherry jam
  5. 5

    Finish the profiteroles with powdered sugar if desired.

    QuantityIngredient
    (½ tbsp powdered sugar)

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Nutritional content

This recipe, too, has been designed with your wellbeing in mind.

Nutritional information is provided for guidance only. When preparing food or baking for someone on a special diet, check the packaging labels to ensure the products are suitable.

Not calculated into nutrition table: pursotinpussi, tylla, (½ rkl tomusokeria).

Source: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Fineli

Recipe:
S-kokeilukeittiö
Images:
Reetta Pasanen
9.10.2025
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Updated: 13.10.2026