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Éclairs. Michelle Riffitts and Sarah Kopp. The Ingredients . 1/2 cup butter 1 cup water 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 eggs 1 (5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix 2 1/2 cups cold milk 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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Éclairs Michelle Riffitts and Sarah Kopp
The Ingredients 1/2 cup butter 1 cup water 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 eggs 1 (5 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding mix 2 1/2 cups cold milk 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 tablespoons butter 1 cup confectioners' sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 tablespoons hot water
Step One • Preheat convection oven to 400° and put wax paper on cookie sheets
Step Two • In a saucepan place ½ cup butter and 1 cup water, bring to a boil and stir until butter is completely melted
Step Three • Add 1 cup flour and ¼ teaspoon salt to saucepan and stir vigorously until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
Step Four • Remove the mixture from heat. Add 4 eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
Step Five • Place mixture into a pastry bag. Pipe out onto cookie trays.
Step Six • Bake pastries for 20 minutes and cool afterwards.
Step Seven • While the pastries are baking, combine pudding mix and milk, following the instructions on the box (whisk 2 cups of milk and the pudding mix together).
Step Eight • Also while the pastries are cooking, mix ¼ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chip and 2 tablespoons of butter in a saucepan until melted.
Step Nine • After the chocolate is melted add 1 cup of confectioners’ sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Then add 3 tablespoons of hot water one at a time.
Step Ten • After the pastries have cooled, fill them with pudding and put the chocolate icing on top.
History of Éclairs The éclair was believed to be created in the early nineteenth century. This was about ninety years before Cyrano de Bergerac was written. The first time the word éclair was seen in an English dictionary was in 1861. The first time an English recipe was seen for éclairs was in Boston Cooking School Cook Book in 1884. Éclairs received their name they “glisten[s] when coated with confectioner's glaze”. The name éclair was fitting because éclair is the French word for lightning. The first éclairs were suspected to be made by Marie-Antoine Carême, a pastry chef for French royalty.
History of Eclairs In éclairs a light pastry dough called pâte à choux is used. The dough was invented in 1540 by a chef named Panterelli. Panterelli used the dough for a cake and named it after himself. He called it “Pâte à Panterelli”. Over time the dough and name evolved and changed based on the recipes were used for. The dough was finally named “pâte à choux” because the dough resembled cabbages and the French word for cabbage is choux.
Works Cited "Choux Pastry." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 19 Feb. 2012. Web. 21 Feb. 2012. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choux_pastry>. "Eclairs." Ferguson Plarre. Web. 20 Feb. 2012. <http://www.fergusonplarre.com.au/History/Eclairs.html>. "Mini Desserts." : The History of Eclairs. Web. 20 Feb. 2012. <http://petitedesserts.blogspot.com/2011/02/history-of-eclairs.html>. "Pâte à Choux." à La Carte. Web. 21 Feb. 2012. <http://www.hertzmann.com/articles/2003/choux/>. The Inspiration for Our Recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/eclairs-ii/