James Martin's profiteroles

Ne-e, NEVER accuse a profiterole of being out of fashion! These things are heavenly!!!
After a very lovely lunch with friends and a whole lot of talking about food I got a craving for profiteroles with custard and dulce de leche; and since I had already whisked for two hours for making dulce de leche I figured it wouldn't hurt to try to make these...

The recipe comes at the end, in case you wanna try them. And I will have to say "thank you, James Martin for the recipe!".

For the choux pastry

• 200ml/7fl oz cold water
• 4 tsp caster sugar
• 85g/3oz unsalted butter, plus extra for greasing
• 115g/4oz plain flour
• pinch salt
• 3 medium free-range eggs, beaten
  
  

  Preparation method

• Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. Place a small roasting tin in the bottom of the oven to heat.
  
• For the choux pastry, place the water, sugar and butter into a large saucepan. Heat gently until the butter has melted.
  
• Turn up the heat, then quickly pour in the flour and salt all in one go.
  
• Remove from the heat and beat the mixture vigorously until a smooth paste is formed. Once the mixture comes away from the side of the pan, transfer to a large bowl and leave to cool for 10-15 minutes.
• Beat in the eggs, a little at a time, until the mixture is smooth and glossy and has a soft dropping consistency - you may not need it all.
  
• Lightly grease a large baking sheet. Using a piping bag and plain 1cm/½in nozzle, pipe the mixture into small balls in lines across the baking sheet. Gently rub the top of each ball with a wet finger - this helps to make a crisper top.

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I am not the best photographer in the world, (in fact i truly suck at it) and I do NOT have photoshop, (which I really really wish I had and knew how to use) cannot buy it, cannot download it, so it is what it is... Some random photos of the girls.

Practice is over and also is the first year...

This six months in College were very, very stressing. First we had theory with scientific papers to write, essays and more... then came the practice, which was actually more fun than I could have ever imagined. My leader was a very cool, funny and smart nurse who had the talent to make me feel secure and comfortable. The patients were as interesting as they could get, both when it comes to personalities and diseases... (it might sound kinda wrong to say that some diseases are more intresting than others but they are...)
I have learned a lot in this period but the most important thing is that I enjoyed every moment.
The last exam was done and even when I can't really guess if I did kind of OK or totally failed (there were a few weird questions) I am officially on vacations until I get the results and find out if I have to study for August or not.
Now It's time to summer job, I had a curse Monday and Tuesday and will have my first official working day on Thursday... Hope I enjoy it... but if not there is always a paycheck to cheer one up...

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It's been a very long time. I have been crazy with the practics, the studying (or pretending to study), the kids and so much more.
It feels like I am running out of energy but I am sure that it'll be fine at the end. I am longing for my vacations, not exactly for relaxing... I have a summer job!! Feels great to have found a job and all, I am so greatful that things are going so well! Obviously there is a downside to all and in this case is just the tiny little detail that I am not going to have one week off! I have my big final exam the 9th of June and I start my first day at work the 13th... If you know me you know that I have been waiting far too long for this kind of chaotic life... I'm just the type who needs to keep busy.
And guess what? I have found a great site online where to buy my nametag for this and all the practices to come! Emily helped me choose the color and of course it ended up being lilac (only because unfortunately they didn't have pink... although it looks black on the photo) LOVE IT!
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They make all kind of signs, I was actually thinking about ordering some for the girls bedroom... 

I just couldn't help it, I HAD TO HAVE A REAL ONE, plus, they were pretty cheap and it took 3 days to have it delivered in my mail box.
I gotta go now... Promise i'll write more and better next time, and it won't take this long again...

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Nine years ago I left Holland with a promise in my heart; to come back... Ever since I left the chanels and the chaotic streets of Amsterdam I kept inside of me a deep love for that land. Although it was only three months back in 2001-2002, a lot has happened there. As it usually is with life's great lessons, not everything back there was laughter and fun. In Holland I got closer to and appart from my sisters, in Holland we shared laughter and many tears, we grew older and maybe wiser... I had the chance to see my self through a different light, I experienced exile and loneliness for the first time, I found my sisters and myself, I lost pieces of me, I mutated...
I came back and everything was the same, and yet all was different. I felt home but I wasn't, the smells and colours, the busy streets and all their noises and life brought me back nine years ago... but the one who came was not the same. It just felt like coming from the past, into the future and from the future into the past, all at once.
I am very thankful that I got the chance to meet my sisters there and walk those streets with them once again. I couldn't have imagine a better way to keep my promise than doing it with my sisters, my friends since ever and forever, two of the most important people in my life. I just wish words would be enough to express how much I love them and how much they mean for me. I just wish there would be a way to make them see how wonderful they really are, I just hope they know it...