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Choux Pastry

Choux pastry or Pâte à Choux is a French pastry made of eggs, butter and flour. Learn all about its ingredients, fillings, tips and how to pipe with this easy choux pastry recipe.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Baking Recipes
Cuisine: Pastry
Keyword: Choux Pastry
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 475kcal
Author: Bee Yinn Low

Ingredients

  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 eggs or 1 cup eggs
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour

Instructions

  • Put the butter and and water into a saucepan on low heat.
  • Add in the flour and salt, turn heat to simmer. Stir quickly until a dough is formed and does not stick to the saucepan. Let cook for about 1-2 minutes to dry up the water a little bit.
  • Transfer the dough to a big bowl and leave to cool for about 5 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time using an electronic mixer (low speed) until the mixture is well combined and sticky.

How to Pipe Choux Pastry?

  • Using a plastic bag with one of its bottom corners cut off (cut a small opening), scoop the dough into the plastic bag and push it to the part where the corner is snipped off. You can also use a piping bag.
    Piping bag for choux pastry dough.
  • Squeeze and pipe the dough onto a greased baking sheet or a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. When pipping the dough, use a clock-wise motion to form a small coil shape. Leave enough rooms in between each pastry.
    Chous pastry dough piped on a baking sheet.
  • Bake in a preheated oven at 425 °F (220 °C) for about 10 minute, and then at 375 °F (190 °C) for 20 minutes, or until they turn golden brown. Remove from oven and serve warm.
    Choux pastry

Notes

  1. Some eggs are bigger than the others. Use small eggs or just barely 1 cup of eggs if you can't decide on the size of the eggs.
  2. In warmer countries, the pastry dough might be too "runny" and hard to form a shape when you're ready to bake the choux pastry. Chill the choux pastry dough in the refrigerator for 20-30 minutes before piping them for baking.
  3. DO NOT use aluminum foil for baking as the bottom of the choux pastry will be burned. I ran out of parchment paper hence I used aluminum foil.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 475kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 34g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g | Cholesterol: 473mg | Sodium: 296mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g