Chou Paste

Preparation info
  • Serve

    six

    people
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Tony Bilson's Recipe Book

By Tony Bilson

Published 1987

  • About

Chou paste is most commonly used in the preparation of profiteroles, éclairs and other desserts. These desserts are very simple to prepare.

Ingredients

  • 250 ml water
  • 100 g butter
  • ½ tsp

Method

Place the water, butter and sugar into a two-litre pot and bring to the boil. Remove the pot from the flame and mix in the flour with a wooden spoon. Return the pot to a medium flame and continue to mix with the spoon until it becomes a firm cohesive paste. Remove the pot from the flame and beat in the eggs one by one. Allow the paste to cool. Cover with plastic wrap pressed firmly around the p