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Easy Persian Pistachio Eclairs

Easy Persian Pistachio Eclairs

Course afternoon tea, baking, Baking for Norouz, choux pastry, Dessert, Eclairs, Pistachio Eclairs
Cuisine cross kitchen, Fusion Food, Fusion Kitchen
Keyword Easy Persian Pistachio Eclairs
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 6 pieces
Author Labsalliebe

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS FOR CHOUX PASTRY

  • 50 g butter
  • 125 g water
  • 75 g instant flour
  • 1 tsp fine sugar
  • 3 eggs (Size M)
  • 1 pinch of salt

INGREDIENTS PISTACHIO CREAM

  • 150 g pistachios ground
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • 200 ml whipping cream
  • 150 g white chocolate

INGREDIENTS FOR TOPPING

  • 50 g white chocolate
  • 12 raspberries
  • 5 g pistachios chopped

Instructions

PREPARATION OF CHOUX PASTRY

  1. Bring a saucepan with water and pieces of butter to a boil over low heat.

  2. Immediately remove the pan from the heat, quickly add the flour, salt, and sugar, and stir well.

  3. When all the ingredients are well mixed, place back on the heat.

  4. Stir with a wooden spoon until the flour is completely incorporated and a thick dough clumps into a ball. (about 2 minutes)

  5. Pour the batter into a bowl and leave to cool down.

  6. Whisk 2 of the three eggs.

  7. Add one by one to the batter in a mixer and mix for approx. 5 minutes. The batter should be shiny and smooth.

  8. Pour the batter into a piping bag and pipe six long stripes onto a baking tray lined with baking paper, leaving plenty of space between them.

  9. Brush the eclairs with a beaten egg and bake in a preheated oven at 200° for 15 minutes.

  10. Reduce the temperature to 170° and bake for 10-15 minutes.

  11. Remove from the oven and leave to cool down.

PREPARATION PISTACHIO CREAM

  1. Mix the pistachios with 1 tbsp powdered sugar and 80 ml whipping cream in a blender for 5 minutes to form a paste.

  2. Heat the remaining whipping cream in a pan, and add the chopped white chocolate. Note: Do not boil! Heat at medium temperature until the chocolate has melted.

  3. Mix well together with the pistachio paste in a blender.

  4. Place the pistachio cream in the fridge for 1 hour and leave to cool.

  5. Transfer to a piping bag and pipe into the chilled eclairs.

PREPARATION OF THE TOPPING

  1. Garnish each eclair with two raspberries and sprinkle with chopped pistachios.

  2. Heat the white chocolate over a bain-marie and use a spoon to spread stripes on the top of the eclairs.