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Laying and Baking Choux

Technique for laying cream puffs and éclairs, and for their baking.

Laying and Baking Choux
  • Level : advanced
  • Use : For cream puff-based recipes

For this course, you need :

  • Cream puff paste
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 pastry bag
  • 1 standard nozzle
  • 1 brush or 1 fork
  • 1 baking sheet

Instructions :

Laying and Baking Choux - 1
1

Make puff pastry.

Laying and Baking Choux - 2
2

How to hold the piping bag : wind the end of the piping bag around you thumb. Squeeze onto the bag with the other fingers to free some pastry.

Laying and Baking Choux - 3
3

Lay the choux in staggered rows on a slightly greased baking tray. To lay them, squeeze on the piping bag to free some pastry and make a quick round movement to cut the pastry.

Laying and Baking Choux - 4
4

Apply the Glaze with a fork. Avoid to use a brush because the egg would drip down onto the tray and would prevent the choux from raising during the baking process.

Laying and Baking Choux - 5
5

Simply dip the fork into the glaze and touch the tips of the choux with it so as to apply a thin layer.

Laying and Baking Choux - 6
6

Put in oven at 180-200°C (355-390°F). Do not open the oven during the baking process.

Laying and Baking Choux - 7
7

At the end of the baking process, reduce the temperature of the oven down to 150°C (300°F) and let them dry up for a short moment so that they will no fall down when you open the oven.

Laying and Baking Choux - 8
8

Remove the choux from the oven and let them cool down. They can be preserved for several days in an airtight box.

Variants :

Chocolate Eclairs, Choux à la Crème, Assorted Carolines

Thank you for following this course !

The essentials

For this lesson, you can order the following products from the boutique:

Polyethylene pastry bags dispenser 51 x 30 cmPolyethylene pastry bags dispenser 51 x 30 cm 15.89 Euro
12 tubes box polycarbonate12 tubes box polycarbonate 39.40 Euro
Pan oil spray 1Pan oil spray 1 10.09 Euro
Flat pastry brush 2,5 cmFlat pastry brush 2,5 cm 3.30 Euro
Oven sheet blue steel 40 x 30 cmOven sheet blue steel 40 x 30 cm 9.80 Euro
Oven thermometerOven thermometer 14.10 Euro
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