recipes:sweets:eclairs
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- | ====== Eclairs ====== | + | ====== Eclairs |
===== Choux Pastry ===== | ===== Choux Pastry ===== | ||
- | * 4 tbsp water | + | * 125ml water |
- | * 4 tbsp whole milk | + | * 125ml milk |
- | * 50g/2oz unsalted | + | * pinch of salt |
- | * 1 tsp caster sugar | + | * 65g butter, |
- | * pinch sea salt | + | * 2 tsp caster sugar |
- | * 100g/ | + | * 125g plain flour |
- | * 4 medium | + | * 4 medium eggs |
- | Preheat | + | Put the water, milk, salt, butter and sugar into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat, add all the flour at once and stir with a wooden spoon until smooth. Put back in the hob and stir until it comes if the sides of the saucepan. |
- | For the choux pastry, place the water, milk, butter, sugar and salt in a medium saucepan over a high heat and bring the mixture to a boil. | + | Let cool down a bit, and beat in the eggs one by one until you have a smooth paste. Cool down, and pipe into either small balls (5cm) or eclairs. |
- | Remove the pan from the heat and, using a wooden spoon, quickly beat in the flour until the mixture is completely smooth. | + | Bake for 10 minutes |
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- | Turn the heat down to medium, return the pan to the hob and cook for about one minute, beating all the time, or until the mixture comes away from the edge of the pan. | + | |
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- | Remove the pan from the heat and gradually beat in the eggs until you have a smooth paste. | + | |
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- | Transfer the paste to a large piping bag fitted with a 1.5cm/½in fluted nozzle and let the mixture to cool for about five minutes | + | |
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- | Line a large baking tray with greaseproof paper and pipe on 12 éclairs, each about 15cm/6in long. Alternatively, | + | |
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- | Bake the éclairs in the preheated oven for 30-35 minutes or until golden-brown, | + | |
recipes/sweets/eclairs.txt · Last modified: 2011/03/16 09:59 by christian