Choux pastry (pâte à choux)

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Choux pastry (pâte à choux)
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For 400 g, you will need:

Times:

PreparationCookingStart to finish
21 min.43 min.1 hour 4 min.

Step by step recipe

1Preheat oven to 410°F (210°C).

whisk
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2Pour 60 ml milk and 60 ml water into a pan, add 60 g butter, 2 g fine (or table) salt and 4 g caster sugar.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
3Heat on medium heat until butter is completely melted.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
4Remove pan from heat, and 75 g flour.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
5Mix well with a spatula or a maryse, the choux dough will form a "ball".Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
6Put pan on low heat, and stir dough for one minute to dry it.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
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By hand


Pour the ball into a small bowl.
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8Pour beaten eggs step by step...Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
9...and whisk to mix.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
10Note:The more eggs you add, the more difficult the dough will be to mix. If you need to, you can use a spatula or a maryse instead of a whisk.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
11Your handmade choux pastry is ready.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
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With a mixer


Pour the ball into the bowl of a mixer.
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13Start up at minimum speed.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
14Gently pour the eggs into the bowl of the mixer while it is moving, until completely incorporated.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
15Increase the speed of the mixer a little and continue beating for a minute or two to aerate the dough a little.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
16Your choux pastry mixer made is ready.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
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Dressing


Place a sheet of parchment paper on a baking sheet.

Pour the choux pastry into a piping bag.
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18Make choux with the forcing bag, in shape and size of your choice, here small round choux.

Don't forget that dough will rise and spread during cooking, so choux must not be too close together.
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19If you're not easy with forcing bag, you may have unwanted small peaks on top of chouxChoux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
20In this case, flat the peak using a teaspoon soaked in milk...Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
21...to get a well rounded top.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
22Other solution, use craquelin (sweet cracker dough) which give a real professional look.Choux pastry (pâte à choux) : etape 25
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Cooking


Put in the oven for about 30 minutes.

Remove choux from the oven as soon as they are browned.

Note: Don't open the oven door during cooking, because the drop in temperature will make your choux collapse.

Leave to cool on a wire rack
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Remarks

According to whether the choux pastry will be used for a sweet or savoury recipe, you can double the quantity of sugar or salt to accentuate the taste. For example: you want to make sweet cream puffs, make this recipe with 2 g salt and 5 g sugar, for salted cream puffs (with bechamel sauce for example) use 2 g sugar and 5 g salt.
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