Chocolate Eclairs Recipe

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Chocolate Eclairs
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Ingredients:

  • pinch salt
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 oz butter
  • 1 cup flour
  • 5 eggs
  • 4 cups milk
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • pinch salt
  • 6 tbsp flour
  • 4 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 oz butter

Directions:

  1. Pate a Choux: Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
  2. Bring salt, water, and butter to a boil. Add flour all at once and stir until it forms a film on the bottom of the pot. Cool mixture and add eggs 1 at a time until completely incorporated. Pipe 5 to 6 inch rods of the mixture onto a lightly greased sheet pan. Bake for 17 minutes. Turn oven down to 350 degrees for 15 more minutes.
  3. Pastry Cream: Scald milk with 3/4-cup sugar and salt. Whisk yolks and remaining 3/4-cup sugar until pale and ribboning. Whisk in flour and cornstarch. Slowly, while whisking, pour in scalded milk. Return all to stove and stir with wooden spoon until thick and 1 or 2 bubbles form. Put mixture in a bowl and add vanilla. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
  4. Ganache: Melt chocolate and butter together over low heat, stirring constantly.
  5. Using a paring knife, poke a hole into 1 end of each eclair shell. Put a small open tip on a pastry bag and fill bag with cream. Squirt cream into each shell until eclairs feel heavy. Dip top of each filled eclair into chocolate ganache. Serve cold or at room temperature.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 400.21 Kcal (1676 kJ)
Calories from fat 189.21 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 21.02g 32%
Cholesterol 245.54mg 82%
Sodium 490.92mg 20%
Potassium 231.54mg 5%
Total Carbs 42.31g 14%
Sugars 22.14g 89%
Dietary Fiber 1.99g 8%
Protein 12.2g 24%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 2.3mg 13%
Calcium 183.6mg 18%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 184.84 Kcal (774 kJ)
Calories from fat 87.39 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 9.71g 32%
Cholesterol 113.4mg 82%
Sodium 226.73mg 20%
Potassium 106.93mg 5%
Total Carbs 19.54g 14%
Sugars 10.22g 89%
Dietary Fiber 0.92g 8%
Protein 5.64g 24%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 1mg 13%
Calcium 84.8mg 18%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.4
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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