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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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“Crème pâtissière” or Pastry Cream

What it is used for?

Pastry cream is often used as a filling for cakes, tarts, éclaires, Napoleons and other pastries.

Pastry cream preparation

Pastry cream preparation

Yield: 300g of pastry cream, should be enough to fill around 25 medium sized éclaires.

Ingredients:

  • 200g milk
  • 60g sugar
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 20g cornstarch (maizena)
  • 1 vanilla bean or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • optional: 1/2 tablespoon liquor or rhum
  • optional: 20g butter

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