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Éclairs au chocolat – chocolate éclairs with vanilla filling

What are éclairs?

Éclairs is a typical french dessert which usually consist of choux pastry and are filled with pastry cream. Country by country, the filling differs. While in France, the chocolate éclairs will always have chocolate filling, in Spain, for example, the chocolate éclairs have vanilla filling. In Latvia, on the other hand, the filling is “more heavy” as we usually add more butter and cream. Chocolate ganache éclairs with vanilla pastry cream filling are my favorite ones – so, enjoy my French-Spanish recipe!

chocolate vanilla eclaires

chocolate vanilla eclairs

Yield: 25 medium size éclaires, 10-12cm long

Ingredients

150g glaze

  • 50g black chocolate
  • 40g ice sugar
  • 20g butter
  • 1 table spoon of water

or

  • 100g white fondant (fondant blanc)
  • 20g cacao powder

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“Pâte a choux” or Choux Pastry

What do you use it for?

It is a light pastry dough used to make éclairs, profiteroles, paris brest, and many other sweet or salty snacks.

choux pastry - éclairs cooling down

choux pastry – éclairs cooling down

Yield: 400g pastry gives around 30 medium size éclairs.

Ingredients

  • 100g milk
  • 100g water
  • 4g salt
  • 4g sugar
  • 90g butter
  • 110g flour
  • 4 eggs

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