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Basic Pâte à Choux - Quick Change Pastry (Puffs)

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Basic Pâte à Choux - Quick Change Pastry (Puffs)

Light and fluffy classic French pastry, to make cream puffs, eclairs sweets and savory dishes too. A timeless classic pastry recipe everyone should be familiar with.

 

Yield

12 servings

Prep

5 min

Cook

15 min

Ready

20 min
Trans-fat Free, Low Carb

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
1 cup water
or milk
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½ cup butter
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½ teaspoon salt
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1 tablespoon sugar
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1 cup all-purpose flour
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4 large eggs
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1 pinch nutmeg
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
237 ml water
or milk
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118 ml butter
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2.5 ml salt
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15 ml sugar
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237 ml all-purpose flour
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4 large eggs
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1 pinch nutmeg
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Directions

Place liquid, butter, salt and sugar, if using, in a medium saucepan and bring slowly to a simmer.

Turn off heat and add the flour all at once.

Stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until it forms a ball.

Return to medium heat to dry the paste so it will have the maximum puffing ability: turn the ball around in the pan, pressing it against the sides and flipping it over, until butter starts oozing out and the paste no longer sticks to your fingers.

Remove from heat and let cool a bit.

Turn the paste into a medium bowl or the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle and beat in the eggs, one at a time, with a wooden spoon or the paddle.

Each time you add an egg, the mixture will become slippery and messy but will then come together, at which point you can add the next egg.

Load mixture into pastry bag with a round tip (½ or 1-inch depending on size puff desired) and pipe out as required.

It will give the fullest puff if used right away but can be held for several hours.

Bake puffs or eclairs for about 25 minutes in a pre-heated 425F degree oven. Remove puffs from oven and make a slit to let out the steam. Reduce oven temperature to 350℉ (180℃). Return the puffs to the oven for another 10 minutes then turn off the heat and leave the puffs in the oven to cool.

This prevents any uncooked dough inside the puffs from making your puffs soggy.

After removing the puffs from the oven you may wish to cut in half and remove any uncooked dough using a small fork. Then return the puffs to the oven to crisp them up.

Cooked puffs freeze very well. To use, place puffs directly from freezer into a 400 degree F oven for about 5 minutes.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 58g (2.0 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 13364% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 9g 15%
Saturated Fat 5g 27%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 91mg 30%
Sodium 177mg 7%
Total Carbohydrate 3g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0g 1%
Sugars g
Protein 7g
Vitamin A 6% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 1% Iron 4%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 
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