Chocolate Eclairs

Ingredients

• 2 ozs. butter
• 1 £ pint of water
• 4 ozs. flour
• 1 yolk
• 2 whites of egg
• Some whipped cream

Method

1. 1

   Boil water and butter together and add flour.

2. 2

   Mix carefully, and keep stirring till it leaves the side of the saucepan.

3. 3

   Remove pan from fire, add yolk, then whites one at a time.

4. 4

   Beat the mixture well and turn it out on a plate.

5. 5

   When cold take small pieces and roll them cork shape.

6. 6

   Place on a greased tin, and bake from a half to three-quarters of an hour.

7. 7

   When cold fill with whipped cream and cover with chocolate icing.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Samaritan cookery book (1903) by E. P. Watson, page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS. 2 ozs. butter. I £ pint of water. 4 ozs. flour. I x yolk and 2 whites of egg. Some whipped cream

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