Choux Pastry

Pâte à choux

Preparation info
  • For

    eight

    sweet éclairs or puffs
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      15 min

Appears in

By Jean Troisgros and Pierre Troisgros

Published 1978

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Ingredients

  • 60 g (2 oz) butter
  • 125 g (

Method

  1. Pour the water into a saucepan, add the salt and sugar and the butter cut into small pieces. Bring to the boil and, as soon as the butter has melted, add the flour all at once.
  2. Work the dough over a moderate heat with a wooden spatula to dry it out a little. After about a minute the mixture should come away from the sides of the saucepan.
  3. Remove the p