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Choux pastry is light, fluffy, delicious and used in lots of sweet pastry treats like chocolate eclairs and profiteroles. Here’s our easy-to-follow choux pastry recipe
Ingredients
- 100g (3 1/2oz) plain flour
- Pinch of salt
- 75g (2 1/2 oz) butter, cut into cubes
- 3 medium eggs, whisked
- 200ml (7 floz) water
Method
- Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Melt the butter with the water, bring to the boil, then remove from the heat.
- Tip in all the flour and beat with a wooden spoon until the mixture forms a thick paste.
- Return pan to the heat and beat until a smooth, dry ball forms, which leaves the sides of the pan clean. Remove from heat and cool.
- Gradually beat in the eggs, using a hand-held electric mixer. The paste is now ready to use.
By ASDA
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Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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