Chocolate Eclairs

Chocolate Eclairs

From   Pure Sin

Prep: 15 minutes

Cook: 35 minutes

Method: Moderate

Course: Dessert

Type: Continental

This recipes proves that eclairs are not so difficult to make so go ahead and treat your family with this delicacy

Ingredients

  • Cooking chocolate, chopped 200 gms
  • Butter 100 gms
  • Full cream 100 gms
  • Refined flour 1 cup
  • Eggs 2 to 3
  • Whipped cream 200 gms

Methods

  • Boil 1 cup water in a non-stick pan, add butter and let it melt.
  • To prepare ganache, take full cream in another non-stick pan and bring it to a boil.
  • Take chocolate in a bowl, add the boiling full cream and stir continuously till well blended.
  • Preheat oven to 180ยบ C.
  • Add flour to water-butter mixture and mix till the mixture gets rough pastry consistency.
  • Transfer into another bowl, add eggs and beat the mixture till all the ingredients blend well. Transfer this mixture into a piping bag.
  • Pipe rectangles on a greased baking tray, keep the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
  • Fill another piping bag with whipped cream.
  • Take the tray out, slit them horizontally in the centre without cutting through, pipe in the whipped cream.
  • Dip the eclairs in the chocolate ganache and arrange them on a serving platter and serve.