Mocca Eclairs

Desserts, Cookies and Sweets

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Ingredients for 10 portions
  • For the choux pastry
  • 250 ml Water
  • 70 g Butter
  • 80 g Sugar
  • 1 pinch(es) Salt
  • 125 g AP Flour
  • 3 Egg(s)
  • For the cream
  • 250 g QimiQ Classic, room temperature
  • 80 g Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Instant coffee powder
  • 2 cl Amaretto
  • 125 ml Whipping cream 36 % fat, beaten
Method
1.
Preheat the oven to 320 °F (conventional oven).
2.
For the choux pastry: bring the water with the butter, sugar and salt to a boil. Whisk in the flour and continue to whisk until the mixture does not longer stick on the bottom of the saucepan.
3.
Remove the pastry from the saucepan and allow to cool lightly. Mix in the eggs and knead.
4.
Fill the mixture into a piping bag with a star-shaped nozzle and pipe onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake in the preheated oven for approx. 10-15 minutes.
5.
For the cream: whisk the unchilled QimiQ Classic smooth. Add the sugar, iinstant coffee powder and Amaretto and mix well. Fold in the whipped cream.
6.
Halve the choux pastry buns through the middle and pipe the cream onto one half. Place the other half on top and allow to chill for at least half an hour.
7.
Glaze with chocolate if required.