Recipe courtesy of Lassen and Hennings
Recipe courtesy of Lassen and Hennings
Watch how to make this recipe.
Eclairs
- Total: 1 hr 45 min
- Prep: 25 min
- Cook: 1 hr 20 min
- Yield: 50 eclairs
- Total: 1 hr 45 min
- Prep: 25 min
- Cook: 1 hr 20 min
- Yield: 50 eclairs
Ingredients
ECLAIR SHELL:
1 1/2 cups water
8 tablespoons butter (1/2 cup or 1 stick)
6 tablespoons vegetable shortening
1 tablespoon powdered milk
Pinch salt
2/3 cup pastry flour
6 eggs
PASTRY CREAM:
1 pint whole milk
1/2 cup sugar
1 stick unsalted butter
1 vanilla bean, split, scrapings reserved
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 eggs
2 egg yolks
Directions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- In a saucepan add water, butter, shortening, powdered milk, and salt and bring to a boil. When boiling, add the pastry flour and mix well. Pour these ingredients into a standing mixer with a whisk attachment and add the eggs, 1 at a time. Mix until all ingredients are combined well. Remove the batter from the mixer and pour into a pastry bag. Using a small tip, pipe the batter out about 2 inches long onto a baking sheet covered with parchment paper. Bake at 350 for 45 to 50 minutes.
PASTRY CREAM:
- In a small saucepan mix together the milk, 1/4 cup sugar, the butter and vanilla bean scrapings and bring it to a boil. In a medium bowl whisk together the remaining 1/4 cup sugar with the cornstarch. Add the eggs and yolks and mix until well combined. Temper the hot milk mixture into the egg mixture and add combined mixture back into the hot milk. Bring the pastry cream to a boil. Remove from the heat and strain it through a fine sieve into a medium bowl. Cover with plastic wrap that touches the cream itself. Refrigerate until ready to use. Pastry cream will stay fresh covered and refrigerated for up to 1 week. Yield: approximately 4 cups
- Place the filling into a pastry bag and using a small tip, fill the center of the Eclair.
