Author Topic: choux pastry pg 119 -failure  (Read 23569 times)

Offline Paulinel

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 16
    • View Profile
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2009, 08:22:44 am »
I also had great success with these - I think the big thing is to let mixture cool before adding eggs   ;D ;D ;D
« Last Edit: September 25, 2009, 08:30:53 am by Paulinel »

Offline Thermomixer

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 8369
    • View Profile
    • Thermomixer
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #16 on: September 25, 2009, 09:36:30 am »
... - I think the big thing is to let mixture cool before adding eggs   ;D ;D ;D

I didn't let the mixture get cold - just waited for a couple of minutes and it worked fine for me ??  Not sure?
Thermomixer in Australia

http://thermomix-er.blogspot.com/ - my blog

http://thermomixmagic.blogspot.com/ - our joint blog in Oz - please feel free to join us.

Online cookie1

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 37204
    • View Profile
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #17 on: September 25, 2009, 10:07:23 am »
I haven't actually made the choux pastry in the TMX yet but when making it by hand I was always taught to leave the dough for a little before you added the eggs. I must try them in the TMX as we haven't had them for ages.
May all dairy items in your fridge be of questionable vintage.

https://www.facebook.com/The-Retired-Thermomixer-834601623316983/

Offline cooking-good-looking

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 115
    • View Profile
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #18 on: June 22, 2012, 11:56:26 pm »
Can I just ask, how do you "fill" them? Cut them in half? Pierce a hole and pipe it in? Very nervous to attempt these for guests this evening! I am guessing you fill with cold custard?

stacelee

  • Guest
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2012, 12:06:52 am »
I use a piping bag and either custard or cream depending on who is eating them

Offline Brumington

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 630
    • View Profile
Re: Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2013, 10:08:36 am »
I know this is an old topic but I tried the EDC recipe today and it was a major fail. Firstly they were HUGE (it said the mix made 15 but I think if I'd have made them the correct size I would have had at least double that) but secondly they were really eggy and not cooked on the inside (perhaps cause they were too big?).  Any tips for my next shot apart from piping a lot smaller? I do recall reading somewhere somebody who had tried a few times and failed before having great success after changing the recipe......I can't remember who. Was it CP63?

Offline goldfish

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5788
  • Love life's little light bulb moments!!
    • View Profile
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2013, 10:15:44 am »
Hi Brumington - I have no experience with this, but would this help?

http://tenina.com/2008/08/if-the-choux-fitsoris-a-profit-e-roll-s-anything-like-a-muffin-top/

Offline Cornish Cream

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 17490
    • View Profile
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #22 on: July 27, 2013, 10:25:49 am »
Cream Puffs Choux Pastry recipe Brumington. ;) ;D
Denise...Buckinghamshire,U.K.
Don't cry over the past,it's gone.Don't stress about the future,it hasn't arrived.Live in the present and make it beautiful.

Offline Brumington

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 630
    • View Profile
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #23 on: July 27, 2013, 10:30:30 am »
Thank you both!  It's lucky I have chickens in the back garden cause it doesn't feel like such a waste - eggs were free and the chickens have some scraps (what goes around comes around 😁). I'm going to try again using Creampuffs recipe.

Offline goldfish

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 5788
  • Love life's little light bulb moments!!
    • View Profile
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #24 on: July 27, 2013, 11:15:23 am »
 ;D ;D Great recycling there, Brumington!! . . got to love chooks!! ;D ;D

Online cookie1

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 37204
    • View Profile
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #25 on: July 27, 2013, 01:02:04 pm »
CP's recipe will work well for you. I have used it for both sweet and savoury puffs.
May all dairy items in your fridge be of questionable vintage.

https://www.facebook.com/The-Retired-Thermomixer-834601623316983/

Offline achookwoman

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 21607
    • View Profile
    • Chook woman
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #26 on: July 27, 2013, 11:41:27 pm »
CP's recipe for Cream Puffs is an all time favourite here,  just make sure you bake them well.

Offline Brumington

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 630
    • View Profile
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #27 on: July 28, 2013, 02:20:22 am »
Thank you for the tips. I think I'm attempting them tonight after the boys go to sleep. I 'unwind' in the evening by cooking! LOL!

Offline achookwoman

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 21607
    • View Profile
    • Chook woman
Re: choux pastry pg 119 -failure
« Reply #28 on: July 28, 2013, 02:22:40 am »
Thank you for the tips. I think I'm attempting them tonight after the boys go to sleep. I 'unwind' in the evening by cooking! LOL!
Ha!  Don't we all.