Profiteroles with passion fruit cream and chocolate sauce

To begin the profiteroles, preheat the oven to 200ºC/gas mark 6 and grease a metal baking tray

In a saucepan, bring the water, milk, butter, salt and sugar to the boil until the butter has melted. Stir in the flour, and take the pan off the heat

Beat the batter vigorously until all of the mix is coming away from the sides of the pan. Allow to cool until just warm

While the flour mixture cools, crack the eggs and whisk in a bowl. In stages, add a bit of the egg mix to the flour, mix and beat in well

To form the choux pastry, either pipe the batter onto the baking sheet or use a teaspoon to drop a small spoonful of the mix approximately 1.5cm wide. Gently flatten the rounds slightly with the back of a fork or with your fingertips

Bake for 15-20 minutes until risen and crisp, opening the door for 30 seconds after 5 minutes to allow some of the steam to escape

To make the passion fruit cream filling, whisk the eggs yolks and caster sugar in a bowl until creamy white in colour, then whisk in the flour

In a saucepan, bring the milk and vanilla pod to the boil. Remove the pod before adding a little of the hot milk to the yolk mix, whisking vigorously before adding the remaining liquid in stages. Return the mixture to the pan over a low heat and stir with a wooden spoon until the mix becomes thick

Transfer to a bowl, sprinkle over icing sugar to prevent a skin forming, and allow to cool before adding the passion fruit pulp. Gently fold in the whipped double cream and set aside

For the chocolate sauce, melt the chocolate in a microwave on a low heat for around 1 minute, or in a bain marie. Once melted, set the chocolate aside

In a saucepan, bring the milk, cream and sugar to the boil. Remove from the heat, then pour over the melted chocolate and whisk well. This sauce will reheat in the microwave if necessary

To assemble the profiteroles, fill a pastry bag with the passion fruit cream. Make a little hole in the choux pastry and pipe the cream into the centre. Alternatively cut the choux pastry in half and spoon in. Pour the chocolate sauce over the profiteroles and serve