Eclairs with Orange Chocolate Mousse
- Mel.x
- Apr 6, 2018
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 11, 2018
I was re-watching the Great British Bake off the other day and it was Pastry Week and one of the challenges was to build a tower out of Eclairs. Now, there's not a hope in hell of me trying to build a tower but i'll definitely have a go at the Eclairs.
So I've made Eclairs once before, and they turned out fine, so this time I thought I'd make a nice filling for them. I decided to make my fave Choc Mousse as the filling, then I discovered that I'd run out of Chocolate..... not a happy Melanie. So I hopped into the car and headed down to my local supermarket (still in shock that there was NO chocolate in my house!!!!!) Anyhoo, I reach the baking aisle and pick up my chocolate and out of the corner of my eye I spot a bottle of Orange Essence, and think to myself ''mmmm Orange Chocolate Mousse... this is gonna be sooooooooo good''.
Off I pop home and get started. As usual, nice simple recipes.
I used to be terrified of making Choux Pastry, but it's actually really easy, all you do is melt butter with some water, throw in some flour, mix, mix, mix, cook a bit more, cool a bit, throw in the eggs mix some more and its all done. Nothing to it.
The mousse then is one of my favourite things to eat,( I usually make it with some Amaretto, so yummy.). Had to adjust the recipe a bit, because i wanted it a bit thinner than usual so, instead of mousse, it was more a thick custardy texture. Again super easy to make, anyone at all can do it. Just have all your ingredients out and ready to use.
If I'm making something new or tricky, I like to have everything weighed out in individual little bowls as it can be a bit tough trying to follow a new recipe and weigh stuff at the same time especially if there's alot to do or if steps have to be done quickly. so that's my wee tip for the week to make your baking a bit easier.
Ok I'm off now to make a cup of tea and get stuck into these Eclairs, which are amazing by the way. Link for the recipe is below, and as always Happy Baking.x
Recipe
https://melaniehubbard18.wixsite.com/melskitchen/orange-chocolate-eclairs
Oh and I had to share this photo...is it just me, at first glance, does the top eclair look like a shark's mouth?!?!??!?!?
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