Disaster with profiterole recipe!

[Smowball]

Ok, I have never made profiteroles or choux pastry before but decided to give it a go today. I had a recipe in a magazine with photos as well do I knew what it shoudl look like stage by stage. I melted the butter etc, added the flour and whisked quickly until it all came together it a ball and looked exactly like the photo. Then the next step said to slowly add 4 beaten eggs, in 3 or 4 stages until all added then to spoon the mixture into a piping bag and pipe onto a tray. But as soon as I added the eggs it became liquid again and so runny that it was like batter, and impossible to use for piping. What went wrong??

[rowanwitch]

egg yolks not whole eggs? I think that's how I remember it

[Smowball]

hmm, the recipe says 4 beaten eggs, added to the mixture whilst the mixture is still hot. Maybe it had cooled down too much?

[Smowball]

have checked recipe and says 4 beaten eggs. Also says to add to mixture whilst it is still hot, maybe it had cooled down too much?

[rosamundjohn]

I tried this and the result looked like scrambled eggs with chocolate sauce

[Smowball]

I even thought it was a type error in the recipe re using the whole egg but it clearly says make sure the egg white is fully mixed in. I just dont get what went wrong, I dont want to waste another 4 eggs trying again.

[pastafreak]

Here is Delia's recipe...which surely is foolproof.

http://www.deliaonlin...ate/profiteroles.html

[Smowball]

ooh I will give that a go later, thanks : )