Chocolate eclairs. Brush the surface of each eclair with the egg wash. Use your fingers to smooth out any bumps of points of dough that remain on the surface. This ridiculously delicious chocolate eclair recipe made from airy choux pastry filled with vanilla pastry cream and dipped in chocolate are nearly.

Raymond Blanc's recipe for chocolate éclairs is full of tips and advice, including how to freeze. With creamy filling and fudgy frosting, this chocolate eclair recipe is extra special. Chocolate Eclairs Recipe photo by Taste of Home. You can have Chocolate eclairs using 16 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chocolate eclairs

You need of For custard.
You need 500 ml of Milk.
Prepare 1 cup of Sugar.
It's 4 tbsp of Custard powder.
You need 1 cup of Cream.
You need 1/4th cup of Milk.
Prepare of For the eclairs.
Prepare 1/2 cup of Milk.
It's 1/2 cup of Water.
Prepare 100 grams of Butter.
It's 1/4th cup of Sugar.
It's 1 cup of All purpose flour.
You need 2 of Eggs.
Prepare of Chocolate topping.
It's 1 cup of Chocolate.
Prepare 1/2 cup of Cream.

Prepare the two flavors separately and make the bottom layer chocolate pudding. The éclairs will begin to get soggy as soon as they are filled, so be sure to wait until just before you're ready to make the chocolate fondant to add the pastry cream. Classic French pastry Homemade Chocolate eclairs with my slight variation for the filling. This chocolate eclairs recipe from Woman's Weekly is a classic.

Chocolate eclairs step by step

Boil milk. Add sugar and stir till sugar dissolves..
Mix milk and custard powder and pour it in the milk continuously stirring the milk..
Add cream and stir till it thickens. Once it thickens switch off the flame..
Take another pan add water, milk, butter and sugar. Let it boil..
Once it starts boiling switch off the flame..
Add all purpose flour and mix it well. Now switch on the flame and cook for 2-3 minutes. It should form a soft dough..
Add egg one at a time and mix it really well..
Add the dough in the piping bag. Cut the bag with little larger hole..
Now pipe like a stick shape in the baking tray. Bake it for about 20 minutes in 170c.
You can also bake in muffin tray..
Heat the cream and add chocolate. Let it sit for few minutes. Mix it well..
Time to assemble. Cut the eclairs or cups into halves. Add custard. Now cover it. Top it with chocolate. If you want you can also decorate with white chocolate..

They're easy to make at home, filled with cream and topped with dark chocolate - delicious! Wow your dinner party guests with gorgeous. Make bakery-quality Chocolate Eclairs at home with this recipe. The airy pastry shells, rich pastry cream filling, and thick chocolate glaze are HEAVENLY. Before starting this Chocolate Éclairs recipe, organise all the necessary ingredients for the choux pastry.