Chocolate Eclairs

Ingredients

• 1&1/4 cup water
• 120 gm butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup all purpose flour (maida)
• 10 tablespoon sugar
• 2 bars of dark chocolates
• 1/5 cup cream
• 600 ml of whipped cream

Procedure

1. For the Choux Pastry, take 1&1/4 cup of water, 100 gm diced butter, 1 teaspoon salt, 5 tablespoon sugar in a vessel with thick base and heat.

2. Heat the mixture till the water starts to boil.

3. Add 1 cup of all purpose flour (maida) to the mixture.

4. Stir the mixture vigorously with a wooden spoon.

5. Stir it till the mixture doesn't stick to the walls of the vessels and turns into a ball.

6. Cool the dough to room temperature.

7. Add an egg and beat it into the dough. 

8. Add eggs one at a time when first one is fully incorporated and absorbed into the dough.

9. Beat the eggs till the dough becomes smooth and glossy paste. To check, place small quantity between the fingers and see if it forms a string.

  
10. Dust the baking tray with butter and flour. Pre heat the oven at 220 degrees celcius.

11. Using a piping bag, place the small portions of mixture in the tray and shape them with wet fingers.

12. Bake for 30 mins. Take the Choux Pastry buns out, make a cut on the side with knife and bake for another 10 mins. Take out the pastries once cooked.

13. Cool the pastries and fill them with whipped cream.

14. For the chocolate syrup, heat the 1/5 cup cream, 20 gm butter, 5 tablespoon sugar and dark chocolate in a vessel.

15. Beat the mixture, till the syrup becomes glossy.

16. Dip the cream filled pastries into the chocolate syrup and cool down. 

Your Eclairs are ready :)