"Pate choux" is a French term that refers to a type of dough used to make pastries like cream puffs and eclairs. It is a light and airy dough made from flour, butter, water, and eggs that bakes into a crispy and hollow shell.
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Well I did nothing as cool as the duckies, but yesterday I did
make pate choux pastry for the first time, and had a hair dying accident.
Light and
airy pate choux cream puffs filled with a delicious fresh strawberry bavarian cream.
Besides the fact that I hadn't tasted an eclair or cream puff for almost 5 years, and they taste just like what I remembered, this
nutritious Pate a Choux is so versatile.
I remember in school we learned about them and
made pate choux (the wet dough for the balls which is the same as eclairs).
In a small mixing bowl, add the grated cheese and plenty of freshly cracked black pepper to the half - recipe
of pate a choux.
There's a more detailed look into making
the pate a choux.
While the pastry cream chills, let's make
the pate a choux pastry for the eclairs.
Transfer
the pate a choux to a large pastry bag, fitted with a large plain circle tip, and pipe out onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
Gateau Saint Honore is built upon the followwing pastry items: Puff pastry,
Pate a Choux (Cream Puff Dough), Saint Honore Cream, caramel and whipped cream.
Refrigerate covered at least 20 minutes.While the puff pastry is resting, make
the pate a choux and place it in a pastry bag with a # 4 (8 mm) plain tip.
Bake the puff pastry circle and the cream puffs at 400F (205C) until
the pate a choux has puffed, about 10 minutes.
I love this idea because you can make
the Pate a Choux Puffs ahead of time and freeze them in a ziploc bag until you are ready to fill them with ice cream, then just serve!
I love her Simply Perfect recipe series where she shows you how to make, well, perfect cupcakes, blueberry muffins,
Pate a Choux and the list goes on..
Once you have mastered
the Pate a Choux recipe for making the delicate cream puff shells you can create endless combinations for new desserts!
But I've made
pate choux a thousands times and always beat the eggs in with a hand held mixer.
And
your pate a choux looks perfect.
While waiting for the cream to chill, start preparing
the pate a choux.
Pate choux is on my bucket list.
With a rubber spatula, scoop
the pate a choux into the pastry bag and pipe out approximately 25 (1 - inch) rounds, spaced 1 to 2 inches apart on the parchment paper - lined baking sheet.
Pate a choux - cream puffs in our neck of the woods!