Eclairs... a homemade recipe that succeeds every time

Eclairs are among the most delicious French desserts... you can make them at home instead of buying them ready-made from the patisserie.. you will enjoy them even more because they are made by your own hands!!

Ingredients:

4 eggs

1 cup flour

1 cup water

70 grams butter

a pinch of salt

Pastry cream:

2 cups liquid milk

half a cup sugar

quarter cup cornstarch

3 egg yolks

vanilla

For coating:

Melted chocolate over a bain-marie

Method:

Place the water, butter, and pinch of salt over the heat and stir until the mixture boils, then add the flour and stir well until a firm dough forms
Remove from the heat and set aside until cool
Once cooled, place it in the mixer and, while kneading, add the eggs one at a time
Once the dough is completely smooth, place it in a piping bag and pipe the eclairs into small pieces
Arrange the mini eclairs on a tray lined with parchment paper, leaving space between them because they will double in size while baking
Bake in a preheated oven at a high temperature for ten minutes, then reduce the temperature to 120°C for a quarter of an hour
Turn off the oven without opening it so the eclairs do not deflate.. leave them in the oven until they cool, then remove them and fill them with the pastry cream prepared earlier
Open each eclair from the side and fill it with pastry cream, then coat it with chocolate on one side
Place the mini eclair cakes in the refrigerator until serving

Pastry cream method:

Place the milk with half the sugar in a saucepan over the heat, stirring
In another bowl, place the egg yolks, starch, and the remaining sugar and whisk... then add a teaspoon of vanilla and whisk..
When the milk is hot, add the egg mixture to it, continuing to stir until the pastry cream thickens and reaches the desired consistency
Leave the cream to cool completely before using, and it can also be chilled in the refrigerator…

This wonderful eclair recipe is from a friend and cook at the Shou Tabkhin Today website:

Zainab Hadi

Click on Zainab's name to visit her profile on our site and see all her delicious recipes

For more of Zainab's featured recipes, here is Swiss roll with madlouka

Also from Zainab, here is Baba au Rhum mold

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How to Make Mini Eclairs

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