Boiled Puff Paste (Pâte à Choux)

Ingredients

• 1 cup hot water
• |4 cup butter
• Yz teaspoon salt
• 1 cup flour
• 4 eggs

Method

1. 1

   Put water, salt, and butter in a saucepan over fire and bring to a boil.

2. 2

   When it boils, drop in sifted flour immediately and stir briskly until dough no longer clings to the bottom of the pan.

3. 3

   Remove from fire, and stir in eggs, one at a time, beating 2 minutes between each addition.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The European cookbook for American homes (from Italy, Spain, Portugal and France) (1936) by Brown, Cora Lovisa Brackett Mrs., page 158. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 cup hot water |4 cup butter Yz teaspoon salt 1 cup flour

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