Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, eclairs. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Eclairs is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Eclairs is something that I have loved my entire life.
Raymond Blanc's recipe for chocolate éclairs is full of tips and advice, including how to freeze. Eclairs are a great French dessert, made from choux pastry, filled with cream and then topped usually with fondant icing. Classic eclairs, called eclairs au chocolat or chocolate eclairs, are made with French choux pastry.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have eclairs using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Eclairs:
- Make ready 1 cup water
- Prepare 1 stick butter
- Make ready 1 cup flour
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 4 eggs
- Make ready Filling
- Take 1 (5 oz) package instant vanilla pudding
- Prepare 2 1/2 cups cold milk
- Make ready 1 cup heavy cream
- Prepare 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
- Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Make ready Topping
- Make ready Half bag semisweet chips Chocolate
- Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Take About 2 tbsp Butter
- Get 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- Get 3 tbsp hot water
Eclairs are pastries made with choux paste and filled with cream or custard. Though it can be tricky to make an eclair at home. Traditionally, eclairs are topped with chocolate ganache. To assemble the eclairs: Make a wide incision in the side of each pastry.
Instructions to make Eclairs:
- Preheat oven to 425* or 450 degrees F. (My oven runs hot I usually use the lower temp) Prepare cookie sheet by lining with parchment paper.
- In a medium saucepan, combine 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, stirring until butter melts completely. Reduce heat to low, and add flour and salt. Stir vigorously until mixture leaves the sides of the pan and begins to form a stiff ball. Remove from heat. And place in stand mixer use stir or gentlest setting to remove steam from batter.
- Add eggs, one at a time to the batter, beating well to incorporate completely after each addition. Spoon or pipe dough onto lined cookie sheet.
- Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 325 degrees F by having oven door slightly ajar for a moment, and bake 20 minutes more, until hollow sounding when lightly tapped on the bottom. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- For the filling, combine pudding mix and milk in medium bowl according to package directions. In a separate bowl, beat the cream with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Beat in 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Fold whipped cream into pudding. Cut tops off of cooled pastry shells with a sharp knife. Fill shells with pudding mixture and replace tops.
- For the icing, melt the chocolate and 2 tablespoons butter in microwave for 30 seconds add additional 10 secs if more time is needed to melt. Stir in 1 cup confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in hot water, one tablespoon at a time, until icing is smooth and has reached desired consistency. Let cool slightly, and drizzle over filled eclairs. Refrigerate until serving.
Place pastry cream into a piping bag and fill each pastry with cream. An éclair is a French dessert made from choux pastry, filled with pastry cream or custard and topped with fondant icing. These amazing pastries only look hard. This simple and elegant eclair has a sugar topping to compliment the rich vanilla flavor. A Chocolate Eclair is a delicious combination of crisp pastry, luscious cream, and dark chocolate.
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