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Yield: Makes 30
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Pastry Cream for Eclairs
Pate a Choux
Vegetable oil, for plastic wrap
1/2 cup heavy cream
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup sugar
Cook's Notes
Glazed eclairs can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 1 day.
Variations
Chocolate is the classiceclair topping, but you can make coffee icing by whisking together 2cups sifted confectioners’ sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 3 tablespoonsbrewed coffee. Make icing just before serving.
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Eclairs
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes 30
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Eclairs
Eclairs
Eclairs
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes 30
Recipe Summary
Yield: Makes 30
Yield: Makes 30
Makes 30
Ingredients
Ingredients
- Pastry Cream for Eclairs
- Pate a Choux
- Vegetable oil, for plastic wrap
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 cup sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees with a rack in the center. Line two unrimmed baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpats (French nonstick baking mats).
Fill a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch (Ateco No. 806) tip with pate a choux batter; pipe out oblong shapes, about 3 1/2 inches long and 1 inch wide, onto prepared baking sheets at 2-inch intervals. Gently run a fork dipped in water along each top, making straight lines to ensure even rising.
Cover one baking sheet with lightly oiled plastic wrap, and place in refrigerator. Transfer the second sheet to the oven. Bake 10 minutes; reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees. Bake until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes more. Turn off oven; prop door open slightly to let steam escape. Allow eclairs to dry in oven about 15 minutes, or until the center is damp but no wet dough remain (test by cutting into the center of one). Transfer to a wire rack to cool slightly. Raise heat back to 425 degrees and repeat process with remaining batch. If serving immediately, fill eclairs while still warm so they can take more cream; if filling at a later time, insert a skewer into one end, and move it around to expand opening for cream; set aside.
In a medium bowl, stir pastry cream to soften. Fill a pastry bag fitted with a coupler and filling tip (Ateco No. 230) with pastry cream. Insert tip into one end of each eclair; fill. Serve, or glaze as follows.
To make the glaze, combine 1/4 cup water, corn syrup, and s ugar in a small saucepan. Stir over medium-high heat until sugar is dissolved. Bring mixture to a boil, washing sides of pan with a wet pastry brush to prevent crystals from forming. Once at a boil, remove from heat; add chocolate. Let stand 2 minutes; stir gently until smooth. Transfer glaze to a shallow bowl. Dip top of each eclair into glaze; let excess drip off before turning over. Transfer to a wire rack to allow glaze to set. Serve.
Cook's Notes
Glazed eclairs can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 1 day.
Variations
Chocolate is the classiceclair topping, but you can make coffee icing by whisking together 2cups sifted confectioners’ sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 3 tablespoonsbrewed coffee. Make icing just before serving.
Cook’s Notes
Glazed eclairs can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 1 day.
Variations
Chocolate is the classiceclair topping, but you can make coffee icing by whisking together 2cups sifted confectioners’ sugar, 1 tablespoon melted butter, and 3 tablespoonsbrewed coffee. Make icing just before serving.
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Reviews (7)
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174 Ratings
5 star values:
47
4 star values:
50
3 star values:
40
2 star values:
22
1 star values:
15
Add Rating & Review
174 Ratings
5 star values:
47
4 star values:
50
3 star values:
40
2 star values:
22
1 star values:
15
174 Ratings
5 star values:
47
4 star values:
50
3 star values:
40
2 star values:
22
1 star values:
15
174 Ratings
5 star values:
47
4 star values:
50
3 star values:
40
2 star values:
22
1 star values:
15
- 5 star values:
- 47
- 4 star values:
- 50
- 3 star values:
- 40
- 2 star values:
- 22
- 1 star values:
- 15
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 1 stars
02/18/2019
Don't make the glaze. It is an absolute disaster. The basic puff is fine, but you end up with a total mess if you use the glaze. Obviously, some directions and/or ingredients are missing. You are never told where the heavy cream comes in if at all. I ended up with a thin,drippy mess.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 5 stars
03/24/2018
The bestest by far!
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
05/28/2017
Where does the heavy cream come in?
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
08/10/2011
so delicious , but time consuming... give it a try when you have time..
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
01/10/2009
After the eclairs have cooled from the oven a bit, enough to handle without burning, I use a metal skewer to poke a [filtered] in the end where I'll fill it. It seems to let excess warm, moist air out before it settles.
I also like to reheat the unfilled, untopped pastries in the toaster oven. Not enough to brown anymore, just warm up.
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: Unrated
05/26/2008
i have made these... but the problem is although the puff stays crispy when taken out of oven but after few min they become soggy...WHY???
Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 1 stars
02/18/2019
Don't make the glaze. It is an absolute disaster. The basic puff is fine, but you end up with a total mess if you use the glaze. Obviously, some directions and/or ingredients are missing. You are never told where the heavy cream comes in if at all. I ended up with a thin,drippy mess.
Rating: 1 stars
Rating: 5 stars
03/24/2018
The bestest by far!
Rating: 5 stars
Rating: Unrated
05/28/2017
Where does the heavy cream come in?
Rating: Unrated
Rating: Unrated
08/10/2011
so delicious , but time consuming... give it a try when you have time..
Rating: Unrated
01/10/2009
After the eclairs have cooled from the oven a bit, enough to handle without burning, I use a metal skewer to poke a [filtered] in the end where I'll fill it. It seems to let excess warm, moist air out before it settles.
I also like to reheat the unfilled, untopped pastries in the toaster oven. Not enough to brown anymore, just warm up.
Rating: Unrated
05/26/2008
i have made these... but the problem is although the puff stays crispy when taken out of oven but after few min they become soggy...WHY???
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