Cream puffs or chocolate eclairs. Eclairs - real men don't eat cream puffs. Chocolate eclairs because chocolate makes everything taste better! The same easy choux pastry batter makes the light and airy confections we know as cream puffs, and chocolate éclairs.
The puffs should be golden brown and light weight. Chocolate profiteroles (or cream puffs) were a BIG part of my childhood, even though the cream puffs that I grew up with were different The chocolate sauce drizzled over these chocolate profiteroles is also the perfect pairing because it's not too sweet, and I add a touch of bourbon to it for an extra kick. There are several cream puff recipes out there, but this vanilla pastry cream is a bit different from the others and it's really wonderful. You can cook Cream puffs or chocolate eclairs using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Cream puffs or chocolate eclairs
- You need 2 tbsp of butter.
- It's 1/2 cup of sr flour.
- It's 1/2 cup of boiling water.
- It's 1 pinch of salt.
- Prepare 2 of eggs.
The cream puff/eclair are made from the same thing and the french call it Pate a Choux. The next step is to give them a nice little coating of chocolate and then EAT! Eclairs are best eaten the day they are made but they hold up fairly well in the refrigerator overnight. Fill shells and frost with chocolate icing.
Cream puffs or chocolate eclairs step by step
- Melt butter,add boiling water,sift flour and salt and add to liquid off the heat..
- Beat until mixture is smooth and return to heat..
- Cook until mixture comes together about 1 minute.
- Cool and add beaten eggs gradually,beating with a wooden spoon.The spoon should stand up in the mixture..
- Put on a greased tray in dessertspoons.Bake in oven at 190c/375f for 30 min.Donot open oven for the first 15 minutes..
- When cooked,cool on wire tray,pull any uncooked dough from centre and fill with whipped cream,sweetened with icing sugar and vanilla,.
- Sprinkle with icing sugar or ice with chocolate icing..
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