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Sift the cake flour.
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Preheat the oven to 200C (392 F).
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Put the water, margarine and salt in a pan.
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Bring to a boil over medium heat, and let the liquid emulsify.
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Turn the heat off, and add all the sifted cake flour at once while mixing rapidly with a wooden spatula.
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Knead the dough well with the spatula.
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Heat the pan again while kneading the dough with the spatula.
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When the pastry comes together in one mass, and the pan is coated with a thin film, turn the heat off.
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*Don't stop mixing while the pastry is cooking!
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Beat the eggs well, and add 1/4 of it to the pan.
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Mix rapidly.
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Add the rest of the beaten egg in 3 batches.
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Add the last batch a little at a time.
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When some of the pastry dripped from the spatula forms a thick triangle shape as shown here, stop adding any more egg.
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I had about this much beaten egg left over this time.
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This will be used later so keep it in reserve.
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Fit a 1 cm round tip on a piping bag, and put the pastry in the bag.
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Pipe out 2 cm diameter dollops of the pastry 2 cm apart on a lined baking tray.
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Brush with the leftover beaten egg.
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Bake in a 200C (392 F) oven for 15 minutes.
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Lower the temperature to 160C (320 F) and bake for another 10 minutes.
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Leave the puffs in the oven for 5 minutes after they are baked.
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Take them out of the oven, and leave them on the baking tray to cool.
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They will have puffed up to about 4 cm.
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When they are cool, cut them about 1/3 of the way from the top.
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The filling: Boil the egg and shrimp.
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Chop the egg finely and cut the shrimp into 1cm pieces.
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Mix together with mayonnaise and salt and pepper.
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The filling: Cut the smoked salmon slices in half.
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Top each piece with 1 tablespoon of cream cheese.
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Fold the smoked salmon over and sprinkle with black pepper.
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The filling: Cut the cured ham into 2-3cm pieces.
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Cut the tomatoes into quarters.
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Cut the cucumber into 5mm dice.
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Mix them all with olive oil and herb salt.
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The filling: Cut the crabsticks into 1cm pieces.
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Cut the avocado into 1cm dice.
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Combine with mayonnaise and salt and pepper.
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Potato salad should work as a nice filling too.
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Try a delicious pate as a filling too, and have fun!
