S’mores Eclair
S’mores Eclair might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One portion of this dish contains about 14g of protein, 38g of fat, and a total of 844 calories. This recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. If you have bread flour, butter, chocolate glaze, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.
Instructions
Place water, butter and sugar in a medium size sauce pan and bring to a boil.
Remove pan from heat and add flour, using a wooden spoon or a sturdy spatula stir mixture until it comes together. Then return pan to heat. Continue stirring and working the mixture until all flour is incorporated and dough forms a ball.
Transfer mixture into a standing mixer bowl and let cool for 3 or 4 minutes.Fit stand mixer with a whisk attachment and set mixer to low.
Add 1 egg at a time, making sure each egg is completely incorporated before continuing. Once all eggs have been added and the mixture is smooth put dough into piping bag fitted with a round tip. Immediately pipe into golfball-size shapes, 2 inches apart onto parchment lined sheet pans.
Bake for 10 minutes, then turn the oven down to 350 degrees F and bake for 10 more minutes or until golden brown. Once they are removed from the oven pierce with a paring knife immediately to release steam.To make chocolate glaze
Place chocolate and heavy cream in a bowl over simmering water.
Let chocolate and cream sit for 2-3 minutes to melt without stirring. Then slowly stir mixture to combine.
Add powdered sugar and mix to combine.
Add water 1 tablespoon at a time, mixing after each addition until pouring consistency is reached.Set aside and let sauce cool to warm.To make white chocolate glaze
Place white chocolate chips in a heat proof bowl. Boil heavy cream.
Pour boiled heavy cream over chocolate and let sit. Do not stir for 3-4 minutes. Then using a sturdy spatula gently stir and fold chocolate, continue until chocolate is completely melted. Chocolate may appear lumpy for the first few stirs, but will melt into smoothness.
Transfer mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a number 2 round tip or a place mixture in a Ziploc bag and cut a small hole in one corner.Assembly
Cut eclair in half horizontally.
Remove tops and place on a cooling rack.
Pour chocolate glaze on top. Pipe white chocolate horizontally across. Use a toothpick and starting at the top drag the toothpick vertically through horizontal lines. Draw second line with toothpick start in the opposite direction (from the bottom) and drag it vertically from bottom to top. Continue to alternate starting points for the vertical lines.Take bottoms of clair and fill it with mini marshmallows.
Place filled clairs on a bake sheet. Turn on oven broiler and roast clair filled bottoms for 2-3 minutes. Make sure to keep the door open and watch the clairs closely as the marshmallows quickly move from golden to burnt. Turn bake sheet as needed to keep marshmallows from burning. Cool slightly, place clair top on marshmallow.