Choux pastry with a differenceChicken mayonnaise with choux pastry Spoon 250ml (1 cup) good-quality mayonnaise into a bowl and stir in 1 chopped smoked chicken breast, 2 finely chopped gherkins and season to taste. Mix to combine well, spoon into your pastry and serve. Custard filling for choux pastry Boil 250ml (1 cup) milk and 10ml (2 tsp) vanilla extract and remove from the heat. Beat 3 large egg yolks with 80g castor sugar until very pale and fluffy. Add 80ml (? cup) cornflour. Gradually whisk in the boiling milk mixture. Pour the mixture into a pot and gently boil…
Simple tips for choux pastry… by Anna Montali 60g butter, cubed 160ml water 160ml milk 10ml (2 tsp) castor sugar – only to be added if making sweet…
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