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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> French >> French

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 45 minutes, Preparation Time - 15 minutes

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| 1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet. | 2. In a medium saucepan, combine 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, stirring until butter melts completely. Reduce heat to low, and add flour and salt. Stir vigorously until mixture leaves the sides of the pan and begins to form a stiff ball. Remove from heat. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well to incorporate completely after each addition. With a spoon or a pastry bag fitted with a No. 10, or larger, tip, spoon or pipe dough onto cookie sheet in 1 1/2 x 4 inch strips. | 3. Bake 15 minutes in the preheated oven, then reduce heat to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) and bake 20 minutes more, until hollow sounding when lightly tapped on the bottom. Cool completely on a wire rack. | 4. For the filling, combine pudding mix and milk in medium bowl according to package directions. In a separate bowl, beat the cream with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Beat in 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Fold whipped cream into pudding. Cut tops off of cooled pastry shells with a sharp knife. Fill shells with pudding mixture and replace tops. | 5. For the icing, melt the chocolate and 2 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Stir in 1 cup confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in hot water, one tablespoon at a time, until icing is smooth and has reached desired consistency. Remove from heat, cool slightly, and drizzle over filled eclairs. Refrigerate until serving. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	1/2	cup		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
purpose flour	1	cup		-	-	-	-
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
egg	4			286.0	1.44	25.12	19.02
vanilla pudding mix	1	package		373.23	91.971	0.0	0.594
milk	2 1/2	cups		372.1	29.158	19.215	19.947
heavy cream	1	cup		408.0	3.2880000000000003	3.408	43.29600000000001
confectioner sugar	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
chocolate	2	squares	semisweet	-	-	-	-
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
confectioner sugar	1	cup		-	-	-	-
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
water	3	tablespoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.