It’s been a while Claire & me got the temptation to bake our own “Eclair au Chocolat”. That delicious pastry is a delightful french classic. It’s surprisingly easy to make, but it’s easier when you are two, than make it solo. After the pictures the receipe by my love: Claire
Bon Appetit!
Éclair au Chocolat, by Claire
Preparation Time: 1 hour
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients (for 8 éclairs):
Eclair Dough:
10 cl Water
75 g Butter
80 g Flour
3 Eggs
Pinch of Salt
Chocolate Cream Filling:
100 g Baking Chocolate (70%)
1/3 L Milk
3 Egg Yolks
125 g Granulated Sugar
1 tea spoon vanilla extract
Chocolate Icing:
75 g Unsweetened Chocolate
75g cooking cream
How to Make It:
Eclair Dough:
Preheat oven to 180°C
1. In a pot, mix water, milk, butter and salt. Bring to a boil.
2. Once butter has completely melted, take off flame, and pour in flour, stirring constantly.
3. Put pot back on flame and continue to work it with a wooden spoon. Continue stirring and kneading with spoon until the dough dries out and stops sticking to the sides of the pot.
4. Take off flame. Add eggs, one at a time, stirring energetically.
5. Fill a baking sac with batter. On a baking sheet. Squeeze out “finger-sized eclairs
6. Bake for 25 minutes.
Voilà!
Chocolate Filling:
1. Melt vanilla and milk and half of the sugar in a pot, and bring to light boil, remove.
2. In a bowl, whisk yolks and sugar until it whitens.
3. Ad the boiling milk and put back in pot, bring to light boil, stirring constantly, until cream thickens and becomes smooth then ad the chocolate.
4. When cream cools off (and eclairs have cooled off as well), you can begin filling the eclairs:make a small hole and then stuff with cream, using your baking sac.
Voilà!
Icing:
Almost done! Hang in there! Chocolate eclair recipes are well-worth the time they take!!!
1. Melt chocolate with cooking cream in a small pot over a low flame whisking the whole time. Should look shiny and creamy!
3. Remove from heat. Spread a thin layer on each eclair
4. Wait until icing hardens a bit to serve it.
Bravo!
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It was a big surprise that morning when the guys at Color Magazine told me about that exhibition there were doing. It’s always been a fantasy to be a part of that kind of things between the ones of the best photographers in the Skateboard industry. I’m really proud to represent the Québec skateboard scene here.
Thank you very much Gordon Nicholas, and all the guys at Color who treated really well the last year!
How i could start better 2012?
just check the name bellow to (re) discovery the artists, and if you are in Vancouver the 19th January, all the infos are here on Facebook.
Happy New Year y’all!
Alana Paterson http://www.alanapaterson.com/
Alexis Gross http://www.alexisgross.com/
Allen Ying http://www.allenying.com/
Angela Boatwright http://angelaboatwright.com/
Babas Levrai http://mtlmediagroup.com/babas/
Ben Marvin http://benjaminmarvin.com/
Benjamin Deberdt http://blogrealbig.tumblr.com/
Brayden Olson http://www.braydenolson.com/
Brent Goldsmith http://brentgoldsmith.com/
Brian Caissie http://www.briancaissie.com/
Brian Gaberman http://gaberman.com/
Brian Kelley http://killingiteveryday.com/
Christelle de Castro http://christelledecastro.com/
Deanna Templeton http://rvcadeanna.blogspot.com/
Dylan Doubt http://dylandoubt.tumblr.com/
Ed Templeton http://www.toymachine.com/ed/ednews.php
Gordon Nicholas http://www.gordonnicholas.com/
Hana Pesut http://sincerelyhana.com/
Isaac McKay-Randozzi http://mydumbluck.com/
Jeff Comber http://www.jeffcomber.com/
Jeremy Jansen http://jeremyrjansen.com/
Jody Rogac http://www.jodyrogac.com/
Jon Bocksel http://jonbocksel.info/
Jon Mehring http://www.mehringphoto.com/
Kyle Shura
Kynan Tait http://kynantait.com/
Maggie Lee http://maggielee.biz/
Mark Oblow http://www.moblow.com/
Michelle Ford http://www.michelleford.ca/
Mike de Leon http://www.tropicalstufff.com/
Mike O’meally http://www.mikeomeally.com/
Natasha Lands
Peter Sutherland http://www.petersutherland.net/
Seth Fluker http://seewhateyesee.com/
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This is the official last post on this blog for the year of 2011! So many things happenned this year, and 2012 is not even started, that i have already some good projects coming up.
Happy Holidays to all, i wish you the best for 2012!
I like happy ending, so let’s finish it with the guys from Mehrathon Trading and their now official Christmas Skate Mixtape.
If you remember the volume one from the last year, you will love the 2011 edition.
This year the theme was the late 90’s. If you were a skateboarder in this period, you were probably into west & east coast hiphop, Gino Iannucci, Mike Carroll, Stevie Williams, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, RB Umali, Tony Ferguson, Richard Mulder, Joey Suriel, Jon Montessi, Quim Cardonna, Danny Supa, Peter Bici, Jeff Pang, Danny Montoya, Notorious BIG, Wu Tang Clan, The Pharcyde, Snoop Dog…
Guess what? they are all in the mix! Enjoy.
Click here for listening
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As i told on a post earlier, here is the cover of the last Concrete Mag who’s running the HUF ad with my picture of Jai Ball, Montréarler & OG, have a look also to my buddy Charles shredding BCN with his homies.
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Montréal is going slowly in the winter period, for a month now, it’s almost too cold outside to shredd. But for us, it doesn’t matter where we are, it’s more about with who we are. Gab & Conor are the dudes you will always have fun with, believe me!
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Such beautiful creatures..
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I got a couple of ads running in the 27th issue of Exposé. The Huf ad will also run in the next Concrete Mag. Nice treats for Christmas!
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The other day with Claire, we decided to go to Patati-Patata, it’s an obvious “you can’t miss it” restaurant on the Main of the city. I used to live close, and i really miss the place now i’ve moved out. The guys who work there are always in a good mood, and the food is great and it’s cheap. When was the last time you went there?
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Here are some leftover from the Alibi Boutique shooting, it’s christmas soon.. if you want gifts with taste, have a look in their stock!
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The second part with the Bboys. Good music, good people and sure, a good show.That brought me back in the 80’s for a day.Thanks guys it was damn good!
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