French Éclairs with Cream and Chocolate

French Cuisine 80 min 12 servings 290 kcal

Ingredients

water 1 cup butter 0.5 cup flour 1 cup eggs 4 حبة sugar 1 tsp salt 1 pinch milk 2 cups egg yolks 4 حبة

Crème pâtissière

1 Heat the milk, whisk the yolks with the sugar and cornflour, pour the milk over them gradually, then return it to the heat and stir until it thickens. Cover it with clingfilm **touching the...

Bring the liquid to a full boil

2 Boil the water, butter, sugar and salt to **a full rolling boil**. A partial boil means the butter has not fully combined with the water.

Cook the flour

3 Take it off the heat, add the flour **all at once** and beat hard, then return it to the heat for **3 minutes** until the paste pulls away from the sides and leaves a film on the base.

Cool it, then add the eggs

4 Transfer the paste to a bowl and stir it for **5 minutes** to cool, then add the eggs **one at a time**, beating hard. Eggs added to hot paste scramble.

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