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I’ve been trying to bake along with Great British Bake Off this year and wasn’t particularly looking forward to pastry week as I don’t make particularly good pastry - I’m rubbish at kneading I think! Until I saw that the bakers were making choux pastry and specifically eclairs. Given I have an eclair pan and a book called Secrets of Eclairs - both from the pre-parenting days when I had a lot more time to bake - I had no excuse not to join in!
Eclair pans are not exactly a necessary piece of baking equipment but they do help keep your piping straight and a uniform size and the tin I used is quite heavy with curved edges which keep it stable.
As for the recipe book, it’s a small volume but has some detailed explanations of the equipment and techniques you need to make eclairs, plus recipes for different flavoured pastries and fillings.
I was quite limited by what I had in the house - if I want to bake in the same week as the GBBO episode then I need to either decide before I’ve seen the show what I am going to make (so not really a bake along) or make do with what I have got in the house - I’m trying to avoid extra trips to the shops due to Covid!
That left me with plain eclairs with a chocolate filling and white icing on top - nice and traditional.
Making choux pastry is actually quite straightforward and quick but the tricky bit comes with deciding how much egg to add. The recipe I used said you needed up to two eggs, and to beat them together and add gradually until you get the right consistency. I felt I needed to use all the egg, so wasn’t sure if that was right and I should have used less, but it turned out well!
I did end up having to make two batches and in true GBBO style, bin the first lot and start again. Bizarrely for such a detailed recipe book with extensive explanations of each step, the basic recipe for choux pastry at the front of the book omits any cooking time! So I went by the time in one of the flavoured recipes later in the book and the eclairs came out very overbaked so I started again and reduced the cooking time significantly.
I made simple icing from icing sugar and water which looked ok at first but once it had set it was almost transparent and I think I should have made it much thicker or done a few layers. I would have preferred to make the traditional chocolate icing but didn’t have the ingredients as this was a last minute bake! The texture of the choux was quite good and they did taste nice, though they were a lot smaller than shop-bought eclairs. This was the size guided by my eclair pan so I can only assume that shop-bought eclairs use some sort of industrial equipment and bake in a size that can't really be replicated at home. If that's not the case and you are a whizz with eclairs, let me know in the comments below!
Saturday, October 3, 2020
Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho: Katakam-takam na papaitan! Paano magluto ng Vigan Sinanglao?Paano Magluto ng Papaitan ng San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte?Ano yong Cardiac Papaitan sa Navotas City?Bakit may Dahon ng Alibangbang and Papaitan ng Cabanatuan City?See other Featured Videos; Vigan Bagnet, Paano magluto ng bagnet ng mga IlocanoLechon Kambing at Iba pa... Tuna Lechon at Iba pa...
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Thursday, September 24, 2020
MasterChef Australia· How to Break Down a Whole FishThe king of fish breaks down a kingfish, "Tanguige".See other Featured Videos; Vigan Longganisa, Alamin ang tradisyunal na paraan sa paggawa ng Vigan longganisa!Vigan Bagnet, Paano magluto ng bagnet ng mga IlocanoLechon Kambing at Iba pa... Tuna Lechon at Iba pa...
Saturday, September 19, 2020
Pork Stirfry with Mushroom. One of the costlier pork cut is the tenderloin. Pork tenderloin or “Lomo” is a long boneless pork cut about medium size soft drink bottle. The tenderloin contains very little fat, it is very tender but will taste dry if overcooked it doesn’t have any fat to keep it juicy as it cooks. Because tenderloin cooks fast, it is good dish for strifry and for people in a hurry.
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
Pinas Sarap: Alamin ang tradisyunal na paraan sa paggawa ng Vigan longganisa! Vigan longganisa, paano nila ito ginagawa ng walang ginagamit na makinarya.See other Featured Videos from Pinas Sarap; Vigan Bagnet, Paano magluto ng bagnet ng mga IlocanoLechon Kambing at Iba pa... Tuna Lechon at Iba pa...
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Monday, September 14, 2020
Dinengdeng with Inihaw na Isda, Inihaw na Samaral. Dinengdeng is a simple Ilocano boiled vegetable with bagoong na isda dish. It is usually made up of a medley of garden vegetables that are in season. Kinds of vegetables are usually the vegetables mentioned on the folk song Bahay Kubo, no Baguio vegetables, like cabbage, carrots, coolly flower, ect. The combination of vegetables is limitless, use
Saturday, September 12, 2020
Tahong Lugaw. I had this cooked mussels form the supermarket, it is shelled and ready to eat. In Australia and perhaps in other places pre-cooked and marinated mussels are served as appetizer or ingredient for salads. I thought I could use it on my next Pinoy Lugaw/Porridge Dish. Tahong or mussels are best cooked with lots of ginger, so with Lugaw or Arroz Caldo therefore tahong as main meat
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Pinoy Ham Bone Macaroni Soup. There is some Ham Bones sitting in the ref. for some time now. Today I decided to make a Macaroni Pasta Soup out of the Ham Bones. Ham bones will make great soup dish, the only problem is Ham Bones require to be slow cooked for hours to extract the flavors from the already dried out meats from the bones. Cooking should be fairly easy except of course for the extra
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Pinas Sarap: Paano magluto ng bagnet ng mga Ilocano! Kapag pumunta ka sa Ilocos, hindi puwedeng aalis ka nang hindi nakatitikim ng masarap nilang bagnet! Paano nga ba magluto ng bagnet ang mga Ilocano? Alamin 'yan sa video na ito! See other Featured Videos from Pinas Sarap; Lechon Kambing at Iba pa... Tuna Lechon at Iba pa...
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