Pastry Of The Week 10/03/13: The Results

Ta-daaaaah! Quite straightforward to make, although I need to work on my piping technique to get them as even as the boulanger does. Will update with taste results and recipe on Monday.

bob xx

PASTRY OF THE WEEK: IT'S BACK, BABY!

This week: Chocolate eclairs.  Here they are filled with a chocolate cream rather than whipped cream.  Nom. Of course I had to buy a sample from the boulangerie because I really needed to check what they taste like (Hey - they could have changed in the last couple of weeks since I had one, no?). I shan't be recreating them until tomorrow as I promised to wait until The Husband was back from his business trip.  The thing that most concerns me at this point is piping good, even eclair shapes and not blobby phallic shapes.  We shall see......

Nomming Soon..........

In the autumn I shall be adding another item to the (site) menu: PASTRY OF THE WEEK!

Yes indeedy.  Purely for the education and edification of The Internet I shall drag myself to the Boulangerie Quissac every week and buy a pastry or cake.  I shall photograph it, taste it, then attempt to reproduce it.  Opinion will be sought from friends and family as to the level of my success/failure and the best recipes posted.

At Christmas I took a plate of my mince pies (will post my mincemeat recipe nearer the season) to the boulangerie and the whole staff loved them.  I am hoping that with enough bribes like that I may be able to charm my way into shadowing the boulanger for a shift or two :)

There. Now The Internet has something to look forward to over the summer.