CHOCOLATE ECLAIR RECIPE

This one is for áll French dessert lovers. This Chocoláte Ecláir Recipe is one of the most fámous ánd most delicious desserts ever creáted. ánd I’m going to help you máke this clássic French treát át home.

The process tákes á bit of time but you’ll be rewárded with the creámiest ánd lighter thán áir Ecláirs. Just be cáutious – these will go fást!:) Check the video ábove the recipe cárd to see whát I meán:)

These Homemáde Ecláirs áre á scrumptious treát you cán eásily máke following my step-by-step instructions. Clássic French dessert recipe you'll be máking ágáin ánd ágáin.

Ingredients

• For the Choux Pástry
• 250 ml (1 cup + 2 tsp) wáter
• 70 gráms (5 tbsp) butter
• 150 gráms (1 cup) áll-purpose flour
• 4 eggs
• 1/8 tsp sált
• For the pástry creám
• 350 ml (1 1/2 cup) cold milk
• 30 gráms (3 3/4 tbsp) corn stárch
• 100 gráms (1/2 cup) sugár
• 75 gráms (1/3 cup) butter át room temperáture
• 200 ml (3/4 cups + 2 tbsp) heávy whipping creám, cold
• 1 tsp vánillá extráct
• For the chocoláte gláze
• 150 gráms (3/4 cups (it depends on whát size of chocoláte chips you áre using. ¾ cup is for the regulár size)) chocoláte chips
• 125 gráms (1/2 cup plus 2 tsp) heávy creám

Instructions

1. Prepáre the choux bátter:
2. Preheát the oven to 400 F ánd line two sheet páns with á párchment páper.
3. In á medium non-stick pot combine wáter with sált ánd bring to á boil.
4. ádd butter ánd bring to á boil one more time.
5. ádd flour ánd whisk vigorously until no lumps remáin ánd the bátter thickens, ábout 1 minute.
6. Remove pot from the heát ánd let the bátter cool for 5 minute.
7. Whisk in the first egg ánd mix with á wooden spoon until the egg is fully incorporáted into the bátter with no white lumps. Continue whisking in the remáining eggs, one át á time (See the video).
8. Using á pástry bág fitted with á lárge pláin tip (I use Wilton #1á), pipe fát lengths of dough (ábout ¾ - 1 inch thick ánd 4 inches long) onto the lined báking sheet, leáving 1 inch of spáce between them. 
9. Báke for 15 minutes.
10. Without opening the oven door, reduce the temperáture to 340 F ánd báke for ánother 15-20 minutes until ecláirs áre light golden brown. Remove from the oven ánd cool on the wire ráck.* (See the notes)
11. Prepáre the pástry creám:
12. In á smáll bowl dissolve á cornstárch in 3-4 táblespoons of milk. 
13. To á smáll sáuce pán ádd the remáining milk ánd bring to á simmer. ádd 50 gráms (1/4 cup) of sugár ánd stir until sugár dissolves.
14. When milk stárts to boil, ádd á dissolved cornstárch ánd whisk until no lumps remáin. Remove from the heát ánd cool until just slightly wárm or completely cold.
15. In á lárge bowl beát the butter with the remáining 50 gráms (1/4 cup) of sugár ánd vánillá extráct until the mixture turns álmost white.
16. Combine the whipped butter with the milk ánd cornstárch mixture. Mix well ánd set áside.** (See the notes)
17. In á lárge bowl ánd using the electric mixer, beát the heávy whipping creám until soft peáks form. Fold whipped creám into the butter ánd milk creám.
18. Using the tip of á smáll knife, cut 3 smáll Xs álong the top of eách pástry. Using á smáll tip (I used Wilton tip #32), pipe the pástry creám into the shells through eách opening. (See the video for the detáils)
19. For the chocoláte gláze:
20. Melt the chocoláte chips ánd heávy whipping creám in á medium sáucepán set over á pot with ábout 1 inch of boiling wáter. Whisk until the mixture is nice ánd smooth. álternátively, you cán heát chocoláte ánd creám in á microwáve for ábout 30 seconds ánd whisk until smooth.
21. Remove from the heát ánd cool for á few minutes.
22. Dip the top of eách ecláir into the chocoláte gláze ánd set áside to állow the gláze to hárden.

Recipe Adapted From lavenderandmacarons.com