Bergen Rumballs

==Description==
Serves 4
thumb|BERGEN RUMBALLS 
===Ingredients===
Pastry:
*3 1/2 T. Sugar
*2 dl (3/4 cup) flour
*75 g (2 2/3 ounces, 1/3 cup) margarine
cream Puffs:
*1 1/2 dl (2/3 cup) water
*3 T. margarine
*1 1/4 dl (1/2 cup) flour
*2 eggs
Filling:
*2 egg yolks or 1 egg
*1 1/2 T. Sugar
*1 3/4 T cornstarch
*2 1/2 dl (1 cup) full fat milk
*2-3 T rum
*1 dl (scant 1/2 cup) whipping cream
*12-14 cocktail cherries
===Directions===
Pastry:
*Combine Sugar and flour and cut in the margarine. 
*Form into a ball, wrap in plastic. 
*Chill 1 hour.
*Preheat the oven to 210 degrees C (425 degrees F).
*cream Puffs:
*Bring water and margarine to a boil.
*Add the flour and stir until the mixture forms a ball. 
*Remove from the heat. Cool slightly, then beat in the eggs, one at a time. 
*The mixture should be thick enough to just keep its shape. 
*Make 12-14 balls with a spoon and place far apart on a greased baking sheet.
*Roll out the pastry. 
*Cut out round cookies with a 6-7 cm (2 1/2") cutter. 
*Drape them over the balls and press against the baking sheet. 
*Bake until golden, 25-30 minutes.
*Filling:
*Whisk together eggs, Sugar, cornstarch, and milk in a saucepan. 
*Heat to boiling, stirring constantly, but do not boil. 
*Stir in rum. 
*Whip the cream and fold into the rum cream.
*Puncture the balls. 
*Fill a pastry tube with rum cream and pipe the mixture into the balls. 
*Top each with a cherry.
==See also==
Category:Norwegian Desserts
Category:Desserts
Category:Norwegian Recipes
category:light whipping cream Recipes
category:cornstarch Recipes
category:margarine Recipes
category:cherry Recipes
category:Sugar Recipes
category:granulated sugar Recipes
category:cream Recipes
category:flour Recipes
category:water Recipes
category:milk Recipes
category:egg Recipes
category:Desserts with Rum