Choux à La. Crème Et éclairs

Cream “Choux” and “éClairs”

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

  • About

These delicious cakes are often served as an entremets in France, along with petits fours and other friandises.

Ingredients

  • The same paste as for Beignets soufflés. For the filling of the choux or the éclairs: ½ pint of milk

Method

Add the flavouring to the boiling milk and let stand for 10 minutes or so. Put the eggs, the sugar, flour, and the pinch of salt in a saucepan, and mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon. Add the milk very gradually, and keep stirring continuously. Put the saucepan on a slow fire, and stir without ceasing till the cream comes to the boil, stir for a minute or two more, then remove