Chocolate Caramel Eclairs

Chocolate caramel eclairs are crispy pastries filled with sweet caramel and chocolate ganache topping combined to destroy your bad day. Such a perfect companion for your weekend or your special occasion!

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I have some ideas for providing dessert at home. fancy, sweet, and yet mouthwatering. Let’s talk about the recipe we are going to make is chocolate caramel eclairs

Look at the picture! It is so tempting, right? So, We will make it at home with a simple recipe. Relax it is not difficult I know starting is always challenging. but, after you make your first eclairs, you’re gonna make them again!

All About Eclairs (pâte à choux)

Eclairs are made from choux pastry filled with pastry cream and dipped in chocolate or any other flavors. So what is Choux pastry?  Choux pastry, also called “Pate a choux”? Yes, of course, they are originally from French as we know French famous for their best pastry. Pate a Choux is a pastry dough with ingredients made from water, butter, eggs, and flour, it is cooked first on the stove before starting to bake.

What makes choux pastry airy and fuff up with a hollow inside? The double-cooking process creates some empty space in the center. Also, The moisture and the egg protein in the dough are what make this fluffy light, and airy pastry crispy outside.

Do you know the difference between Cream Puff And Eclair?

First of all, the difference between cream puff and Éclair is the shape, Cream puff is if you see a round shape with open slice-up filling so the whipping cream can be scrapped out, as we know in Indonesia people we called it ” kue soes”. Cream puffs tend to be round in shape and are often sliced open. While Eclairs is usually an elongated oval-shaped pastry and has two or three holes in the pastry to insert whipped cream (or other toppings, not being cut in half like a cream puff.

The second one is the filling, even tho they can be filled with the same filling mixture, The eclairs pastry is filled with pastry cream and grazed with ganache or is filled with custard and topped with chocolate whereas a cream puff is round and filled with Chantilly Cream. eventually, all the pastries are mostly filled with whipped cream or ice cream and glazed with ganache.

So, let’s started with today’s recipe, I am going to share how to make chocolate caramel eclairs.

What do you need to prepare to make Chocolate Caramel Eclairs

To make it easier, I separate the ingredients into two big things, first for the shell, second, the filling plus the ganache topping

For the Eclairs or shells

• Water
• Large Eggs, egg are the MPV to make the shells. I recommend you to to get a larger egg for bigger protein.
• Butter
• Flour
• Sugar
• Salt
• Vanilla Extract

Caramel Pastry Cream

• Caramel, I have made caramel cream in another recipe, you can click recipe here
• Sugar
• Vanilla Extract
• Milk 1
• Cornstarch
• Yolk,
• Milk
• Butter
• Salt
• Heavy Cream cold

Other Ingredients for topping

• 1 cup Dark Chocolate

Steps for making Chocolate Caramel Eclairs

Éclairs

first step to make eclairs. Preheat the oven at 375°F. Then, n a saucepan combine water, butter, milk, sugar, and salt. Bring to a boil. Then turn off the heat.

Add flour and whisk quickly until well combined.

Turn on the heat again in a medium heat, and cook for one-two minutes more. you need to be slowly but sure. do not be in rush. and then, place it in a bowl and let it cool.

After the mixture cool, move to bowl then add the eggs one at a time and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon until distribute evenly and shiny. Scoop choux dough into a pastry bag with a ½-inch plain tip.

Let’s make the shape! Pipe 1-inch oblong shape onto a sheet tray lined with parchment paper. Give a distance of 1 inch in each éclair.

Next, Bake at 375°F for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, open the oven and prick the choux to let the steam escape, then reduce the oven temperature to 350°F and continue baking the choux in the oven for 5-10 minutes.

When the éclair is golden brown, remove it from the oven. Let the choux/éclair cool completely. While wait the eclairs cool completely we’re move to making filling cream

Caramel Pastry Cream

Let’s start with add sugar and milk 1 to the pot with medium heat, don’t boil over. In a bowl mix cornstarch, egg yolks, milk 2, and vanilla extract.

Then, whisk continuously until the pastry cream has thickened. patience is number one here, I know you can do this! next, turn off the heat, add cold butter and caramel, then whisk until combined. Cover it with plastic wrap and press it directly onto the surface of the caramel pastry cream to prevent it from forming skin on the surface. Let it cool completely in a refrigerator.

after the mixture ready, Place cold heavy cream in the bowl and whisk until hard peaks. Then, Whisk the cooled caramel pastry cream a little bit so the texture will be softer.

Then add whipping cream and fold it gently until everything is well combined.

Transfer the caramel pastry cream into a piping bag with ½ inch plain tip.

Turn the eclair over, and make 3 holes on the bottom using a knife.

Fill the eclair with caramel pastry cream until the eclairs are full. Put it in the fridge while waiting for the chocolate to melt.

Chocolate ganache topping

first, place dark chocolate couverture into a bowl then melt dark chocolate couverture in a double boiler. Remove the bowl from the pot when all the dark chocolate has melted.

Do not forget to Carefully dip each eclair in the melted dark chocolate. Once the eclairs are coated, gently shake them to allow the excess chocolate to drip down into the bowl again. Then place it on a wire rack and refrigerate right away to allow the dark chocolate to set.

Finally Voila! your fancy pastry ready, Enjoy your Chocolate caramel eclairs!

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