Coffee Dark Chocolate Eclairs by @cedriklorenzen
10 servings
🥛
360 ml
Milk
🍬
130 g
Sugar
🥚
60 g
Egg yolks
🌽
25 g
Cornflour
🍮
1.5
Gelatine sheets
🧈
20 g
Butter
50 g
Kahlua
🥛
80 ml
Heavy cream
🍫
130 g
Dark chocolate
🌰
Nutella
🍬
Icing sugar
🫗
Oil
🍯
Caramel
💧
150 ml
Water
🧈
120 g
Unsalted butter
🧂
5 g
Salt
🌾
190 g
Flour
🥚
5
Eggs
Heat
Milk
Heat the milk and remove it from the heat at boiling point.
Mix
Sugar
Egg yolks
Cornflour
In a separate bowl, mix the sugar, egg yolks, and cornflour.
Pour
Milk
Eggs
Egg yolks
Slowly pour the hot milk into the egg mixture while whisking together.
Cook
Cook the mixture until it becomes thick.
Add
Gelatine sheets
Dark chocolate
Butter
Add in the bloomed gelatine sheets, dark chocolate, butter, and Kahlua.
Refrigerate
Refrigerate the mixture for 6 hours.
Whip
Heavy cream
Dark chocolate
Once chilled, whip the chocolate mixture and fold in the whipped cream.
Pipe
Pipe the mixture into the eclairs using a piping bag with a 6mm nozzle tip.
Preheat
Preheat the oven to 170°C/338°F with the fan off.
Salt
Water
Milk
Unsalted butter
In a pot, bring the water, milk, butter, sugar, and salt to a boil.
Add
Flour
Add the flour and stir firmly until the mixture doesn't stick to the pan anymore.
Cool
Eggs
Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly before adding the beaten eggs little by little until smooth.
Transfer
Transfer the choux mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a 14mm star nozzle tip and pipe into an eclair shape on a lined baking tray.
Spray
Oil
Icing sugar
Spray a light coating of oil and dust some icing sugar onto the piped choux before baking to stop cracks.
Bake
Bake for 45 minutes or until golden, with low heat between 170°C/180°C, no fan force, only top and bottom heat.
- Step
At the 35-minute mark, make some holes in the eclairs to let the steam out.
- Step
Caramel
At the 40-minute mark, dust the eclairs with finely ground caramel to give a nice shine and crunch.
Garnish
Nutella
Garnish with Nutella, optional.
Coffee Dark Chocolate Eclairs by @cedriklorenzen
10 servings
🥛
360 ml
Milk
🍬
130 g
Sugar
🥚
60 g
Egg yolks
🌽
25 g
Cornflour
🍮
1.5
Gelatine sheets
🧈
20 g
Butter
50 g
Kahlua
🥛
80 ml
Heavy cream
🍫
130 g
Dark chocolate
🌰
Nutella
🍬
Icing sugar
🫗
Oil
🍯
Caramel
💧
150 ml
Water
🧈
120 g
Unsalted butter
🧂
5 g
Salt
🌾
190 g
Flour
🥚
5
Eggs
Preparation Steps
Step 1/18
Heat the milk and remove it from the heat at boiling point.
Step 2/18
In a separate bowl, mix the sugar, egg yolks, and cornflour.
Step 3/18
Slowly pour the hot milk into the egg mixture while whisking together.
Step 4/18
Cook the mixture until it becomes thick.
Step 5/18
Add in the bloomed gelatine sheets, dark chocolate, butter, and Kahlua.
Step 6/18
Refrigerate the mixture for 6 hours.
Step 7/18
Once chilled, whip the chocolate mixture and fold in the whipped cream.
Step 8/18
Pipe the mixture into the eclairs using a piping bag with a 6mm nozzle tip.
Step 9/18
Preheat the oven to 170°C/338°F with the fan off.
Step 10/18
In a pot, bring the water, milk, butter, sugar, and salt to a boil.
Step 11/18
Add the flour and stir firmly until the mixture doesn't stick to the pan anymore.
Step 12/18
Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly before adding the beaten eggs little by little until smooth.
Step 13/18
Transfer the choux mixture to a pastry bag fitted with a 14mm star nozzle tip and pipe into an eclair shape on a lined baking tray.
Step 14/18
Spray a light coating of oil and dust some icing sugar onto the piped choux before baking to stop cracks.
Step 15/18
Bake for 45 minutes or until golden, with low heat between 170°C/180°C, no fan force, only top and bottom heat.
Step 16/18
At the 35-minute mark, make some holes in the eclairs to let the steam out.
Step 17/18
At the 40-minute mark, dust the eclairs with finely ground caramel to give a nice shine and crunch.
Step 18/18
Garnish with Nutella, optional.
Composition
Ingredients
Types
Ingredients
Notes
Allergens
Dietetics
Dietary regimen
to inform
Calories
282 kcal
Macro nutrients
Nutritional Information
Minerals
Vitamins
Preparation
Time Information
Preparation
45 minutes
Cooking
45 minutes
Overall
1 hour 30 minutes
Difficulty
Level
Expert (4/4)
Steps
18 steps
Equipments
Utensils
Appliances
Type
Type
Type Of Dish
Occasions
Origin
Source
Platform
Original Creator
@cedriklorenzen
Origin
Cuisine
Geographic
France, Europe
Various
Aspect
Texture
Flavors
Other
Price
Medium
Recommended Preservation
fridge
Preservation Infos