Chocolate Eclairs
🛒Ingredients
5 tbsp Unsalted Butter
1/2 tsp Salt
1 cup All-purpose Flour
1 cup of Water
4 large Eggs
Pastry Cream
3 egg Yolks
9 tbsp Sugar
1 1/2 tbsp All-purpose Flour
1 1/2 tbsp Cornstarch
2 2/3 cups Milk
1 1/3 cups Heavy Cream
1 1/4 cups Dark Chocolate, chopped
Glaze
12 oz Semisweet Chocolate
3/4 cup Whipping Cream
A generous pinch of Kosher Salt
2 tbsp unsalted Butter
🍴Serves: 12 Eclairs
⏰Prep Time: 60 min
⏱️Cook Time: 40 min
🥣Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 390 degrees. In a saucepan, bring 1 cup of Water, the Butter, and Salt to a boil. When the Butter melts, remove the pan from the heat, add all the Flour at once, and beat well using a wooden spoon. Return the pan to low heat and beat until the dough is smooth and pull away from the pan to form a ball. Off the heat, add the Eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
2. Place the dough in a 16-inch pastry bag with a 1/2 French star tip. Pipe 8-10 eclairs (4-5 inch long) on a baking tray lined with parchment paper. Dip your finger in water and pat the ends of the eclairs to flatten the pointed ends. Transfer to the oven and bake until puffed and golden, 20 to 30 minutes, reducing the oven temperature to 350 degrees after 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack to cool slightly.
3. Pastry Cream: Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, bring the Milk and the Heavy Cream to a bare simmer. In a bowl, beat the Sugar with the Egg Yolks for 2 minutes and then add the Flour and the Cornstarch and beat for 2 more minutes. Gradually whisk in the hot Milk/ Heavy cream.
4. Return the mixture to the pan, place over medium heat, and bring to a boil, whisking constantly, then reduce the heat to low and cook, whisking, for 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat. Off the heat, whisk in the Dark Chocolate until melted. Transfer to a bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until cool, about 2 hours.
5. Cut a thin lid in the top of each puff without completely detaching it. Carefully spoon or pipe the Pastry Cream in the Puffs.
6. Chocolate Glaze: Place the Chocolate chips in a large microwave safe bowl. Heat the Cream and Salt in a separate bowl in the microwave or a saucepan. When the Cream starts to simmer, immediately pour it over the Chocolate Chips. Add the Butter. Stir the Chocolate chips until they are melted, and you have a glossy Chocolate Glaze.
7. Dip each filled Éclair in the Chocolate Glaze
8. Place the glazed eclairs on a wire rack and allow the chocolate glaze to set.
