We’re excited to present a recipe for the iconic French dessert — eclairs! This photo-driven tutorial will walk you through crafting choux pastry and a luscious vanilla cream with ease.
Exquisite Pastry: Illustrated Instructions for Choux Eclairs
The term “eclair” comes from the French word for “lightning,” because the pastry puffs up almost instantly once placed in the oven!
Dough ingredients:
- one cup of white flour;
- 150 g butter;
- 2 tablespoons sugar;
- half a teaspoon of salt;
- 4 eggs.
For the custard:
- 1 egg;
- one cup of sugar;
- 3–4 tablespoons flour;
- 1 tablespoon starch;
- 2 cups of milk.
Procedure
- Sift the flour into a medium-sized bowl.
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- Dice the butter and put the pieces into a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Add the milk, sugar, salt, and vanilla extract or powder. Meanwhile, preheat the oven so it’s hot when needed.
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- Place the mixture over heat and bring it to a boil, stirring constantly.
- Once the milk boils, lower the heat and incorporate all the sifted flour, stirring non‑stop with a wooden spatula. Keep mixing until the dough pulls away from the sides of the pan; then take it off the heat and move to the next step!
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- Let the dough cool a little, then beat in the eggs — save one yolk for brushing the eclairs. Whisk thoroughly until the mixture is smooth. A mixer works best for this.
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- Transfer the finished dough to a piping bag and pipe tubes about 10–12 cm long — the classic eclair size.
- Mix the reserved yolk with a couple of tablespoons of milk and brush this over the surface of the eclairs. This gives them a beautiful golden finish!
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- Bake at 200°C for 30–35 minutes.
While the eclairs are baking, prepare the custard!
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- Custard: In a bowl, combine all the sugar, starch, and the egg. Pour in half a cup of milk and whisk well. In a separate saucepan, bring the remaining milk to a boil. Reduce the heat and, while stirring, gradually add the egg‑sugar mixture. Keep it on the heat for another minute or two, then remove. The custard is done!
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- Allow the baked eclairs to cool completely. Make a small hole and pipe the custard inside using a pastry syringe. Alternatively, some people slice the pastries in half and spoon the cream in.
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- For a decorative finish, drizzle chocolate icing over the eclairs: melt 300 g of chocolate and adorn the pastries however you like.
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Enjoy your dessert!
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