Desserts/ Gastronomi/ Sweet Snacks

Vanilla Eclairs

Hello my lovelies!

Today I’m about to share one of the most iconic French pastry recipe and I sincerely hope that you’ll love it!!

Here are my vanilla eclairs, made with a delicious choux pastry!

Let’s see the recipe, Chef!

Vanilla Eclairs

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pâtisserie française
Serves: 10-12 pces Difficulty: Medium Price: $
Prep Time: 20 min + 15 min Cooking Time: 55 min

Ingredients

  • Choux Pastry
  • 140 g eggs (3 eggs medium size)
  • 80 g milk
  • 80 g water
  • 80 g butter
  • 80 g flour
  • 4 g sugar
  • 2 g salt
  • Vanilla custard
  • 1/2 l milk
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 40 g sugar
  • 45 g flour
  • 1 vanilla pod
  • Decoration
  • White pastry fondant (or white chocolate)

Instructions

Choux Pastry

1

Melt the butter into a sauce pan with the milk and water then boil.

2

Lower the temperature to medium heat and add the flour, sugar and salt. Mix vigorously with a spatula until you get a homogeneous mixture.

3

Keep on mixing while your sauce pan is still heating slowly, in order to dry the pastry, for 2 minutes and make sure that the pastry won't stick to the bottom of your pan.

4

Take the pan away from the heat and add one egg and whisk until you get an homogeneous mixture.

5

Add the second egg and whisk. Then the third and whisk again. Your mixture must be smooth and homogeneous.

6

Then put the pastry into your pastry bag with a large star nozzle and pipe on a silicon baking mat or a baking paper.

7

Pre-heat your oven at 160 degrees and put your eclairs in it for 45 minutes. Do not open the oven door during that time !

8

After 45 minutes, make sure that your eclairs have a nice golden colour (if not, leave them for a few more minutes while still watching).

9

When you take them out of the oven, wait 2-3 minutes and place them on a grid until they cool down completely.

Vanilla custard

10

Pour the milk in a saucepan with the vanilla pod cut in half.

11

Boil and remove immediately from the heat. Set aside for 15 minutes.

12

During that time, whip the egg yolks with the sugar until it gets white.

13

Then add the flour and whip again.

14

Remove the vanilla pod from the milk. Pour half of the milk on your mixture and mix. Pour the other half, mix again.

15

Pour the whole mixture in your saucepan and boil for 2 minutes while whipping with energy (otherwise your cream will cook too much at some point). (I do that at medium heat)

16

When the cream has the right consistency, pour it in a plate and cover with a clingfilm to avoid having a thick crust.

Filling

17

Turn your eclairs upside down and make 3 little holes (one on the left, one in the middle and one on the right) with a sharp knife.

18

Pour the vanilla custard in your piping bag with a small round nozzle and fill in the eclairs through each hole.

19

Heat the fondant according to the instructions and spread on top of your eclairs.

20

Set aside in your fridge for at least one hour before serving.

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3 Comments

  • Reply
    LadyMilonguera
    Monday June 20th, 2022 at 06:19 PM

    Superbes tes éclairs !

  • Reply
    KiwiPatate
    Monday November 14th, 2022 at 09:15 PM

    Bonsoir, je tenais à vous féliciter pour vos magnifiques éclairs ! J’ai essayé votre recette et le résultat était nickel, j’ai obtenu de très jolis éclairs et une crème hyper gourmande comme je les adore ! Je me suis permise deux petites modifications, j’ai ajouté un peu de beurre à la crème pâtissière pour obtenir une texture encore plus soyeuse, et j’ai opté pour un glaçage chocolat-caramel que j’ai déjà réalisé car je n’avais pas de fondant !

    Merci pour ce joli partage et pour ce superbe blog que je vais ajouter de suite à mes favoris !

    Kiwipatate

    • Reply
      Emma
      Monday November 14th, 2022 at 10:49 PM

      Merci beaucoup pour ce gentil message ! Je suis ravie d’un si bon résultat !

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