Name: Choux pastry
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 60g (2oz) butter, chopped finely; 1 tsp caster (superfine) sugar; ¼ tsp fine salt; ¾ cup (110g) plain (all-purpose) flour; 3 eggs; 1.5 litres (6 cups) vanilla ice-cream or whipped cream, to serve; caramel sauce of choice or icing (confectioners’) sugar, to serve (optional)

Choux pastry

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This light French pastry recipe is from our Test Kitchen Collection.

Choux pastries, cut in half with ice-cream in the middle. — A simple but delicious dessert.

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Makes 16

Prep

40M

Cook

30M

Total

1H 10M

This delicate pastry is commonly used in profiteroles and éclairs. It is pronounced “shoo”.

Choux pastry contains a large amount of water in the dough, which turns to steam when baked, puffing the pastry. The cooking stages are outlined below.