Published Jul 26, 2021 Updated Aug 21, 2024
Choux Pastry Recipe
What is a choux pastry? In French, choux pastry is called pate a choux. It’s a pastry dough used in many desserts, for example: cream puffs, profiteroles, French beignets and gougères (cheese puffs). They are very easy to make at home. They are light, fluffy, airy, buttery, eggy and great with a variety of fillings.
Recipe Ingredients
This recipe calls for five (5) simple ingredients that you already have at home:
Unsalted butter Water Salt All-purpose flour Eggs
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How To Make Choux Pastry
First, heat butter and water on low heat. Add in the flour, salt and stir quickly to form a dough. Let the dough cool off before you add in eggs and mix well. To make pate a choux puffs, pipe the dough to form puff shape with a pastry piping bag. Bake the puffs at 425F (220C) for 30 minute or until the choux puffs turn golden brown.
Filling Ideas
Pate a choux are basically pastry shells, so you can fill them up with either a sweet or savory filling. Here are some of the filling ideas you can try at home. The possibilities are endless!
Cream custard filling, for example: cream puffs. Chocolate sauce or caramel sauce, for example: profiteroles. Ice cream. Chicken salad can turn choux pastry into a light meal. You can add cheese into the choux pastry batter and turn it into gougères.
What To Serve With Choux Pastry
Serve these pastries as is, with strawberry jam, sweet or savory filling. For an afternoon tea, I recommend the following recipes. I hope you enjoy this post as much as I do. If you try my recipe, please leave a comment and consider giving it a 5-star rating. For more easy and delicious recipes, explore my Recipe Index, and stay updated by subscribing to my newsletter and following me on Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram for new updates.
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