Harvey House Chocolate Puffs

Name: Harvey House Chocolate Puffs
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 2 , large eggs plus 1 large egg white; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 cup, water; 5 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces; 2 teaspoons, granulated sugar; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/2 cup (2 1/2 ounces/71 grams), all-purpose flour; 3 tablespoons, Dutch-processed cocoa; 8 ounces (227 grams), frozen strawberries, thawed; 1 cup, heavy cream, chilled; 6 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces/43 grams), confectioners' sugar, sifted; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 1/2 ounces (43 grams), cream cheese, cut into 1-inch pieces and softened; 1 cup (4 ounces/113 grams), confectioners' sugar, sifted; 3 tablespoons, Dutch-processed cocoa; 2 tablespoons, water; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Holiday

Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2012

With a chocolate shell and a whipped-cream and strawberry filling, how could these puffs from a famous old restaurant chain fail? Let us count the ways...

SERVES 8

TIME 2¼ hours, plus 1¾ hours cooling and 1 hour chilling

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