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Strawberry éclairs
- Lulu Grimes
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Makes 10-12
A little effort
Total time: 2 hrs
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These light and airy strawberry éclairs are a fantastic summery twist on the classic chocolate. They're a little effort, but look stunning - they'll be a hit with adults and kids alike. You can get strawberries all year round now, but they're at their best from June until August, so make the most of them
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Bake these dainty strawberry éclairs, then check out our strawberry cupcakes, strawberry cake, strawberry tart and plenty more. For more French-style desserts try our classic macarons, rose and almond choux buns and French crullers.
Ingredients
Nutrition
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150g plain flour
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1 tbsp caster sugar
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75g unsalted butter
plus more for the tray
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75ml milk
plus a splash extra
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4 eggs
3 lightly beaten and 1 yolk only
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double cream
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icing sugar
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5 strawberries
hulled and sliced
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crushed to decorate (optional) freeze-dried strawberries
STRAWBERRY GLAZE
- 2 big or 4 small strawberries
- 200g icing sugar
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal445
- fat30.5g
- saturates18.2g
- carbs37.5g
- fibre0.7g
- protein4.7g
- salt0.1g
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Method
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step 1
Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Sift the flour into a bowl. Put the sugar, butter and milk in a pan with 125ml water and bring to the boil. Take the pan off the heat, pour in the flour and beat the mixture until it turns into a smooth, thick panade (pastry dough) that comes away from the side of the pan. Tip this into the bowl of a stand mixer and beat it for a couple of minutes to cool it down a bit, otherwise the eggs might cook when you add them.
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step 2
Add the whole eggs, gradually (the mixture should be thick enough to hold it’s shape so you may not need all the egg) beating all the time, don’t worry if the mixture looks as if it has split, it will come back. Scrape the mix into a piping bag fitted with a plain round nozzle about 1½ cm wide and pipe éclairs about 12cm long onto your baking sheet, spacing them well apart. Beat the yolk with a splash of milk and paint a wide stripe of egg wash down the top of each éclair.
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step 3
Bake for 50 minutes or until the éclairs are completely dry, the best way of checking is to cut one in half horizontally when you think they are done. If they are still soggy they will collapse when they cool. Cool completely.
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step 4
o make the icing, squash the strawberries and add a couple of tbsp icing sugar and mash everything together well, leave it for 5 minutes. Push the lot through a fine sieve and use this base to add more icing sugar to, and as much water as you need to make a thick icing that will stay on the top of the éclairs without running off.
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step 5
Halve the éclairs horizontally. Dip the lids, top-down, in the icing and put them cut-side down to dry. If your icing is thin, double or triple dip until it looks thicker. Spoon the whipped cream into a piping bag fitted with a wide nozzle and then pipe a strip of cream along each base. Arrange a layer of overlapping strawberry slices on top and then pipe on a couple of small dots of cream to help lid stay on. Repeat with all the éclairs and then put a lid on each. Sprinkle with dried strawberries, if you like.
Check out our choux recipes here, including profiteroles, cream puffs and éclairs…
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Lulu GrimesManaging editor
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