Classic French Chocolate Éclair Recipe
This chocolate éclairs recipe features basic choux pastry, vanilla pastry cream, and semisweet chocolate glaze. Éclair au chocolat.
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- Serves: 12 persons
Ingredients
- For the Choux Pastry Dough:
- ½cup unsalted butter
- 1cup water
- ¼teaspoon salt
- 1cup all-purpose flour
- 4eggs
- For the Pastry Cream:
- 1 ¼cups whole milk
- ¼cup granulated sugar
- 3egg yolks
- 2tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- For the Chocolate Glaze:
- 4ounces semisweet chocolate (chopped)
- ½cup heavy cream