Foodie Friday! Eclair Escapades!

Welcome to Gollum's

Very First

Foodie Friday!

Jacob had a hankerin'

for

Chocolate Eclairs!

The recipe we chose 

was from 

Gale Gand!

As you know,

A lot of the preparation

is done on the stovetop.

We started with the 

custard filling so we could allow

it to cool.

(Sorry about this pic)

Next we assembled our 

ingredients for the actual pastries.

We modified Gale's recipe 

just a bit

 for the pastry.

Instead of water we used milk.

Boil the milk, butter,

sugar, etc.

add the flour

and stir until it pulls away 

from the pan.

Put back on the heat for about 30 seconds

just to cook the starchy taste out of the flour.

Instantly, put the dough

 into bowl of your Kitchen-Aid mixer.

On medium speed add eggs,

one at a time until all are incorporated.

We piped them onto a 

parchment lined sheet pan.

Then popped them 

into the oven.

Try very hard 

not to open the oven

until they are done!

Jacob piped in the custard.

We prepared a chocolate ganache glaze.

I think that next time we

would let the ganache 

thicken a little bit more.....

But it was awfully hard to wait.

Don't forget to visit Gollum

for the rest of

the

Foodie Friday Fun!

Robyn