This little pastry is a cream puff shell filled with chocolate pastry cream. The top of the shell is iced with chocolate fondant icing.

 | Chocolate Puff |
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Ingredients Required: Chocolate Puff
Preparation Instructions: Chocolate Puff
| Using a round tool the size of a pencil, punch a
hole into the bottom of the small puff shell. |
| Using a pastry bag with a pastry injector tip(#230),
fill the puffs full with the chocolate pastry cream. |
| Warm the fondant on a Bain Marie until it is
110°f then dip the crowned tops of the puff shells into the fondant.
Using a spatula quickly smooth off or remove any excess icing before
it sets up. |
| Store chilled. |
| Overheated fondant will set up with a dry - flat
appearance. |
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