Chocolate Stuffed Eclairs

Name: Chocolate Stuffed Eclairs
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 57 grams chocolate; 59 milliliters cocoa powder; 3 eggs, beaten; 4 eggs; 237 milliliters sifted all-purpose flour; 6 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 1 stick margarine or butter; 710 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 177 milliliters sugar; 473 milliliters sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 237 milliliters water; 237 milliliters whipping cream

Chocolate Stuffed Eclairs might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe makes 12 servings with 469 calories, 8g of protein, and 21g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a very affordable recipe for fans of Southern food. If you have sugar, flour, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.

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Heat water and margarine or butter to boiling point.

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Butter

Water

Add flour and stir constantly until mixture is smooth and forms a ball.

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All Purpose Flour

Remove from heat and let cool. Beat in 4 eggs, 1 at a time and once incorporated, place into a pastry bag. On a greased cookie sheet, pipe out dough in thick lines that form eclairs.

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Dough

Egg

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Baking Sheet

Pastry Bag

Bake for approximately 30 minutes or until light brown. Set aside to cool.

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In a medium saucepan, prepare filling by whisking together the flour, cocoa powder, sugar and salt.

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Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Whisk

Sauce Pan

Whisk in about 1 cup milk and cook over low heat, stirring often, until thickened or the consistency of mayonnaise.

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Mayonnaise

Milk

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Add the rest of the milk and then temper in 3 beaten eggs and continue to cook until mixture is even thicker.

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Milk

Remove from heat, cool and add vanilla.

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Vanilla

With a serrated knife, slice pastry puffs lengthwise, but not all the way through. Pipe custard mixture into the center. Melt chocolate for icing, add sugar and cream. Cook over medium heat until soft ball stage.

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Chocolate

Custard

Cream

Icing

Sugar

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Let cool and beat until smooth. Ice tops of the eclairs.

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Ice

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Servings:

57grams

chocolate 59milliliters

cocoa powder 3

eggs, beaten 4

eggs 237milliliters

sifted all-purpose flour 6Tbsps

all-purpose flour 1stick

margarine or butter 710milliliters

vanilla 237milliliters

water 237milliliters

whipping cream

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern on the menu? Try pairing with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. The Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 10 dollars per bottle.