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classic homemade chocolate éclairs
These elegant French pastries feature airy choux pastry shells filled with a smooth vanilla pastry cream and topped with a rich, glossy chocolate ganache. As seen in the images, this recipe guides you through making the dough, whisking the custard filling, and glazing the final baked treats.
recipe by
phil
dessertFrench12 servingsvegetarian
1 / 3
45
prep (min)
40
cook (min)
120
total (min)
- •0.5 cup water
- •0.5 cup whole milk
- •8 tbsp unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- •1 tsp sugar
- •0.25 tsp salt
- •1 cup all-purpose flour
- •4 large eggs (room temperature)
- •2 cups whole milk (for filling)
- •0.5 cup granulated sugar (for filling)
- •4 large egg yolks (for filling)
- •4 tbsp cornstarch
- •1 tsp vanilla extract
- •4 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped
- •0.5 cup heavy cream (for glaze)