Strawberry Cream Puffs

I love strawberries the most when they’re minimally altered, like in the perennial summertime dessert, strawberry shortcakes. While it’s impossible to improve on the flavor of berries with just a little sugar and a touch of lemon, I’ve always felt underwhelmed by the dish as a whole. For me, there’s too much shortcake and not enough saucy fruit to make up more than one or two perfect bites. So I developed this recipe, swapping out shortcakes for choux buns, which bake up hollow instead of dense and doughy. Tear the buns open and fill them with all those glorious berries and sweet cream.