Pâte à Choux

Pate au choux dough being piped onto a sheet pan

Pâte à Choux

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Servings

servings

Yield: 3 lbs.

Ingredients

  • 8 oz. Milk

  • 8 oz. Water

  • 1 pinch Salt

  • 8 oz. Butter, cut into pieces

  • 8 oz. Bread flour

  • 16 oz. Eggs

Directions

  • Bring to a boil the milk, water, butter, and salt.
  • Add the flour all at once, stir to incorporate.
  • Continue to stir until the mixture forms a mass and leaves a thin film behind on the
    bottom of the pan.
  • Place in mixer and paddle on medium while adding most of the eggs gradually.
  • Continue to add eggs gradually checking the consistency. Stop adding the eggs when
    the choux slowly slides down the paddle.
  • Using a #6 straight tip pipe out 3-inch choux onto parchment-lined sheet pans or pipe into 7 – 8-inch circles for a Paris-Brest.
  • Allow to rest for 20 minutes, in open air to develop a skin.
  • Bake at 375°-400°F until the choux is baked and dry on the inside.