How To Make Eclairs

For the pastry

200ml water ½ teaspoon salt

125mg butter

200g flour

5 eggs

½ teaspoon salt

For the filling

500ml crème patisserie

200g sugar

5g of sugar with vanilla flavor or vanilla bean

For the glaze

150g dark chocolate

50g butter

In a pot on medium heat cook the water, butter and the salt until boiling then add the flour, mix it for 1 min andyou will get homogeneous dough that separates from the pot. Leave it to cool.

While the dough is cooling prepare the filling. Mix the crème patisserie, the sugar and the vanilla with a mixer then leave it in a fridge.

When cooled put the eggs one by one into the dough mixing the dough between putting each egg (don’t put the eggs all at once).

On a big baking pan put baking paper. With a spoon make not smooth balls from the dough and put them into the pan but leave a space between them because they will grow up during baking.

Bake in a preheated oven at 190°C for 25-30 min and leave them to cool inside.

For the chocolate glaze melt the chocolate and the butter on medium heat.

When all is done all you need to do is cut the eclairs on half fill them with the filling and put the glaze on top. Delicious.

The secret to this recipe is not to open the oven while baking and cooling the eclairs because they will not grow.