Eclairs

Ingredients

200g flour
1tsp sugar
4 eggs
250ml water
1/2 tsp salt
75g butter

Method

Sieve the flour and salt together and set aside.

Now in a pan add butter,sugar and water and heat it gently until the butter has melted.Remove from the heat and add the flour little by little and combine it well using a wooden spoon.

Return it to the heat and stir until the dough leaves the sides of the pan and form a smooth ball.
Now make it cool slightly.

Now gradually add the beaten eggs one at a time.Beat well until a thick paste form.Then add the paste in to a piping bag and pipe it on a baking tray with plain nozzle.

Bake it for 20-25min in 200 C°

Pastry Cream

250ml Milk

1 tsp vanilla
2 egg yolks
60g sugar
2 tbls corn flour

Place the milk and vanilla in a pan and bring to a boil.

Separately beat the egg yolk with sugar until the sugar has been dissolved and the mixture is light in colour.Then add corn flour and beat well.

Now pour half of the boiling milk into the yolk mixture and beat well.Then return it to the pan with the remaining milk.heat it until it begins to steam.Remove from the heat and let it cool.

Now cut the cooled eclairs from middle and fill it with pastry cream.and dip the eclairs in hot chocolate and chill it.