Belgian Eclairs
- 2-2/3 ounces, weight Unsalted Butter
- 15 tablespoons, 5/8 teaspoons, 1/2 pinches Cold Water
- 3-5/8 ounces, weight All-purpose Flour
- 3 whole Eggs
- 1 pinch Salt
- Whipped Cream Or Creme Anglaise, To Fill Eclairs
- Melted Chocolate, To Top (optional)
- Preheat the oven to 200u0b0C.
- Mix the butter and water in a pan on low heat. Bring it to a boil and take it off the heat. Mix in, all at once, the flour with a pinch of salt, then put the pan back on the heat.
- Continue stirring with a wooden spoon until the dough dries out and stops sticking to the sides of the pot. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the eggs, one at a time. You'll need to stir quite energetically to get a smooth mixture.
- Put the mixture in a baking sack and squeeze out finger-sized eclairs onto a baking sheet. Do not put them too close together. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
- When you take them out of the oven, they should be light and slightly brown. When you open one, it should be empty; this will enable you to fill it. Let cool.
- Once cooled, make a little cut on the side with a knife so you can push in the piping bag. The piping bag can either be filled with whipped cream or creme anglaise. Once filled, you can cover them with a layer of melted chocolate (I just melted some chocolate, without adding any cream).
butter, water, eggs, salt, anglaise, chocolate
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/belgian-eclairs/ (may not work)