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Easter Eclair Recipe With A Twist:
Savoury Eclairs
, The Perfect Finger Food For Parties

65 mins
Cooking Time
Intermediate
Difficulty
17
Ingredients
Veg + Egg
Diet
Eclair recipes around Easter usually go down the path of sweet treats. But this savoury eclair twists things around by stuffing the traditional choux pastry with savoury fillings. Here, the recipe uses a vegetarian filling of mushrooms and trifle. However, you can customise the filling with different options, such as cream cheese with herbs, smoked salmon, or even mousse. The savoury eclairs work well as finger foods, surprising (and delighting) guests who can taste the familiar pastry and the unexpected filling. Like most eclair recipes, this one also begins by making the choux pastry at home. It’s important to let the pastries cool down before filling, or the pastry will not hold its shape. While the filling is customisable, it should be thick, spreadable, and pipeable. It’s why cream cheese is added to the mushroom and truffle mix. However, you can also choose to skip the cheese and spoon the mixture in, instead of piping it. In which case, the eclair recipe will result in a looser, more rustic texture, not a clean, bakery-style finish. The filling, in this case, will be chunky, not creamy. However, in both cases, the cooked filling needs to be completely cool and dry before being stuffed into the pastry.

Ingredients

UNITSIngredients
For the choux pastry:
75 gButter
180 mlWater
½ tspSalt
110 gAll-purpose flour
3Eggs
2 tspSunflower seeds, optional
For the egg wash:
1Egg
1 tbspMilk/Water
For the filling:
1Onion, finely chopped
1Garlic clove, chopped
1 tspThyme leaves
70-90 gCream cheese
200 gMushrooms, finely chopped
to tasteSalt
to tasteWhite pepper
1 tspTruffle oil
1 tbspButter

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Directions

Description - Step 1

Make the flour paste

Preheat the oven to 200˚C. Heat butter, water and salt (in the quantities listed under choux pastry) in a saucepan over a low heat. When the butter melts, bring the mixture to a boil and immediately remove from the heat. Now, add the flour to the hot mixture and stir until a smooth, lump-free, and firm paste is formed.

Step 1
Make the flour paste
5-7 Minutes
Step 2
Dry out the paste
7 Minutes
Step 3
Make the choux pastry batter
8-10 Minutes
Step 4
Pipe the pastry
10 Minutes

FAQs

Common savoury eclair fillings feature rich, creamy ingredients designed to complement the light choux pastry, including herbed cheese, smoked salmon with dill, creamy mushrooms, shrimp/bacon mousse, and savoury cheese blends.