DISH RESEARCH · Dessert
Eclairs
Éclairs are long choux pastries with a creamy filling and chocolate icing.
About Eclairs
Éclairs are long choux pastries with a creamy filling and chocolate icing. PJ Hamel’s King Arthur version pairs the airy shells with the publisher’s cooked vanilla pastry cream.
Butter and eggs enrich the pastry, while the filling has a smooth, milky vanilla character. Semisweet chocolate and cream give the icing its rich flavour. A tea-flavoured filling is an optional variation offered by the source.
The slender shells hold a generous centre of pastry cream beneath a chocolate-covered top. Their light, crisp structure contrasts with the soft custard filling.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Milk, Wheat, Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Eclairs
PJ Hamel’s chocolate éclairs with King Arthur pastry cream.
- WaterLiquid · Choux shells
- Unsalted butterCooking medium · Choux shells
- SaltSeasoning · Choux shells
- All-purpose flourBase · Choux shells
- EggsBinder · Choux shells
- Whole milkLiquid · Pastry cream
- Granulated sugarSweetener · Pastry cream
- CornstarchBinder · Pastry cream
- SaltSeasoning · Pastry cream
- Egg yolksBinder · Pastry cream
- Vanilla extractSeasoning · Pastry cream
- Unsalted butterCooking medium · Pastry cream
- Matcha powderSeasoning · Pastry cream · Optional
- Semisweet chocolateBase · Chocolate icing
- Heavy creamLiquid · Chocolate icing
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main39 choux.
- Unsalted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Main40 dairy butter confirms Milk.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main41.
- All-purpose flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat source-confirmed. Main43 ordinary AP flour confirms Wheat; broader wheat-flour candidate.
- Eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Main44.
- Whole milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Own pastrycream49 whole preferred option selected.
- Granulated sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own cream50.
- Cornstarch: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own cream51.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own cream52.
- Egg yolks: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Own cream53 explicit yolks.
- Vanilla extract: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own cream55.
- Unsalted butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Own cream56 dairy butter.
- Matcha powder (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main105 optional tea variation, own tea35–41 first directly applicable matcha addition; no separate jasmine/teabag branches.
- Semisweet chocolate: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main57 chopped semisweet option over chips; full product formula unprovided.
- Heavy cream: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Main59 first heavy-cream option confirms Milk.
Origins & food traditions
France association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- France
Cuisines & regions
- French Cuisine
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.