60g butter
185ml (3/4 cup) water
115g (3/4 cup) plain flour, sifted
3 eggs, lightly whisked
200g dark chocolate, melted
500ml (2 cups) thickened cream
2 tbs pure icing sugar
2 tsp instant coffee granules
2 tsp boiling water
1 tbs Baileys Coffee Irish Cream liqueur
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 200°C.
- Line 2 baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
- Stir butter and water in a saucepan over medium heat until butter melts and the mixture just comes to the boil. Remove from heat.
- Add the flour. Beat with a wooden spoon.
- Place pan over medium heat.
- Stir until mixture comes away from the side of the pan. Set aside to cool.
- Transfer mixture to a small bowl.
- Use an electric beater to beat in 1 tablespoon of egg at a time, beating well after each addition, until mixture is thick and glossy.
- Spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a 1.5cm-wide plain nozzle.
- Pipe mixture into 11cm logs onto prepared trays, allowing room for spreading.
- Lightly sprinkle the trays with water.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 160°C.
- Bake for a further 30 minutes or until puffed and golden. Turn oven off and leave eclairs in oven, with the door slightly ajar, to dry out.
- Remove from oven and set aside to cool completely.
- Spread the top of the eclairs with the melted chocolate. Set aside to set.
- Meanwhile, beat the cream and icing sugar in a bowl until firm peaks form.
- Stir the coffee granules and boiling water in a bowl until the coffee dissolves.
- Fold the coffee mixture and Baileys into the cream mixture until combined. Spoon into a piping bag.
- Cut eclairs in half horizontally (don't cut all the way through). Fill with coffee cream.
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