Rjómabollur — Print Recipe — The Culinary Codex

Icelandic cream-filled choux pastry balls topped with chocolate. The beloved treat of Bun Day (Bolludagur), when Icelanders eat millions.

Ingredients

100g butter
250ml water
150g all-purpose flour
4 eggs
400ml heavy cream, whipped
2 tbsp powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
200g dark chocolate
2 tbsp cream for ganache

Instructions

1 Bring water and butter to a boil in a saucepan. Add flour all at once and stir vigorously until the dough forms a ball and pulls away from the sides.
2 Cool slightly, then beat in eggs one at a time until smooth and glossy.
3 Pipe or spoon rounds onto a lined baking sheet.
4 Bake at 200°C for 25-30 minutes until puffed and golden. Do not open the oven door during baking.
5 Cool completely, then cut in half. Fill with whipped cream mixed with sugar and vanilla.
6 Melt chocolate with cream for ganache and drizzle or dip the tops.

Did You Know?

On Bolludagur, Icelandic children wake their parents by spanking them with a decorated wand, earning one cream puff for each spank before being caught.