How to Make Chocolate Eclairs
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How to Make Chocolate Eclairs
Ingredients :
For the pastry
¾ cup refined flour (maida)
A pinch of salt
75 grams butter, diced
3 eggs, beaten
For the cream
1 cup whipping cream
For the chocolate icing
50 grams dark chocolate
25 grams unsalted butter
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Method to make Chocolate Eclairs:
1. Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6. Sift flour with salt.
2. Place butter and one cup of water in a pan and stir over low heat until the butter melts.
3. Add flour and stir over heat until the mixture forms a ball and leaves the sides of the pan.
4. Place the mixture in a bowl and cool slightly. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until the dough is smooth and shiny.
5. Spoon the mixture into a piping bag with a wide nozzle. Fold down the top of the bag to squeeze the dough to the bottom.
6. Line two flat baking trays with greaseproof paper. Squeeze the mixture into medium sized sausage shapes onto the baking tray, keeping sufficient distance between each one (they will at least double in size in the oven).
7. Place the baking tray in the preheated oven and bake for about thirty minutes. Take the éclairs out when they are puffed up, golden brown all over, and feel hard when you poke one with a knife.
8. Immediately take each éclair off the baking sheet (they will be very hot, so wear oven gloves) and, with the point of a knife, gently slit the top to let out the steam. (Otherwise, the steam sits trapped in the éclair and turns back to water, leaving you with a soggy bun.) Leave them to cool and dry out on a wire rack.
9. Whip the cream in a small bowl until it is just thick enough to hold its shape. Place it in the fridge while you make the chocolate icing.
10. For the icing melt chocolate. Add butter and mix.
11. When the eclairs are cool, fill the inside of each éclair with whipped cream through a piping bag with a small nozzle. Then dip each éclair into the sauce just to cover the top.
12. Leave the éclairs on the wire rack until the icing has set. In the unlikely event that you are not going to eat them straight away, you can put them in the fridge for a few hours.
Yield: 14 eclairs
Preparation time: 25 mins
Baking time: 30 mins
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Comments
Well Anamika:
There's no single answer to what the best substitute will be. Eggs perform a different function, depending on what you're making, so you may also need a different egg substitute, depending on the dish.
In a cake, for example, the eggs serve as a leavening agent, helping to make the cake light and fluffy. In baked goods such as cookies and muffins, the eggs add moisture and act as a binder, gluing all the other ingredients together. And, if you're looking to substitute eggs in a quiche or a mayonnaise, where eggs are central to the finished product, you'll probably need something like tofu to mimic the consistency of the eggs, while making other adjustments to the recipe as well to add flavor and body.
As a general rule, the fewer eggs a recipe calls for, the easier they will be to substitute. So, if a cookie recipe calls for one egg, using an egg substitute will work much better than in a recipe that requires three or four eggs. Also consider how the substitute will affect the overall taste of the finished dish. Bananas, for example, may add a welcome hint of fruity sweetness to pancakes and cookies, but if you are making a casserole or another savory dish, you will want to use something else.
Still, Try Following: 2 tbsp corn starch = 1 egg 2 tbsp arrowroot flour = 1 egg 2 tbsp potato starch = 1 egg 1 heaping tbsp soy powder + 2 tbsp water = 1 egg 1 tbsp soy milk powder + 1 tbsp cornstarch + 2 tbsp water = 1 egg. 1 banana = 1 egg in cakes.
Wow! It's so tempting. I'm sure I'll try it on a weekend, inspite of the fact that I don't get much free time to try new stuff. Looks even better coming from a man, for a change. Lol.
Enjoy your Chocolate Eclairs anju.
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YUM!
Anamika S says:
2 years ago
I love Chocolate Eclairs.. I should try our receipe to tr it home. But the problem now is that i do not eat egg anymore.. Is there any substitute i can use instead?