Pâte à Choux

Name: Pâte à Choux
Yield: Makes 780 g
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon caster sugar; ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt; 100 g unsalted butter; 240 ml whole milk; 245 g whole eggs; 155 g unbleached plain flour

Preparation info

Makes
780 g

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pastry Perfection

By Nick Malgieri

Published 2014

About

For the best leavening, plan on getting the piped shapes into the oven as soon as possible after the paste is mixed and the shapes are formed. Thanks to Jeff Yoskowitz for sharing his excellent recipe.

Ingredients

240 ml whole milk
100 g unsalted butter
¼ teaspoon

Pastry
Pie
Vegetarian

Method

Combine the milk, butter, salt and sugar in a 2-litre saucepan and place over a medium heat. Bring the mixture to the boil, stirring occasionally, to make sure the butter melts.
Once the liquid has come to a full rolling boil, remove the pan from the heat and add t