I made the most scrumptious chocolate eclairs as an early Valentine treat for my family. I used light spelt flour and now I am hooked on making French pastries! I love working with choux pastry since I have mastered using spelt flour. The recipe is below followed by a picture of my dear daughter enjoying her mom’s creation.
Spelt Choux Pastry
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup salted butter
1/2 cup light spelt flour
2 eggs
Heat oven to 400 o F
Bring butter and water to boil–stirring.
Add flour all at once.
Stir vigorously until batter sticks together in a ball.
Remove from heat and cool slightly.
Add eggs, one at a time, stirring vigorously after each addition until batter is velvety.
Butter baking sheet and cover with parchment paper.
Using a 1/2 inch pastry nozzle, pipe into 5 inch long strips (5 eclairs total).
Bake for 15 min.
Turn oven down to 375 o F and bake for 5-8 more minutes until pastry is slightly golden.
Cool. Slice length wise.
Fill with fresh whipped cream.
Top with chocolate sauce.
Sauce au Chocolat Français
3/4 cup bitter sweet French chocolate
2 tbsp butter
1/4 cup water
Heat on low in sauce pan stirring constantly. Spoon onto cooled eclairs. Enjoy with abandon!
Pippi and the éclair |
mixhartMix Hart
yum yum! It was delicious.
From:Pippi
Mix Hart
Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
From, Penelope