{"id":2896,"date":"2019-05-03T11:06:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevillagedirectory.co.uk\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2019-05-03T11:07:16","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T11:07:16","slug":"strawberry-cream-eclairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/?p=2896","title":{"rendered":"Strawberry &#038; Cream Eclairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/strawberry-cream-eclairs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2897 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/strawberry-cream-eclairs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Filled with sweetened whipped cream and fresh strawberries, these dainty pastries make a great treat for afternoon tea or can be served as a delicious summer dessert. Swap the strawberries for fresh raspberries or blueberries, if liked.<\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Makes 8 <\/span>Ready in 50 minutes, plus cooling<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Ingredients<\/span><br \/>\n\u2022 50g butter, chilled and diced<br \/>\n\u2022 65g plain flour, sifted<br \/>\n\u2022 2 medium eggs, lightly beaten<br \/>\n\u2022 300ml double cream<br \/>\n\u2022 1 tbsp icing sugar, plus extra for dusting<br \/>\n\u2022 150g small strawberries<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Method<\/span><br \/>\n1. Place the butter and 150ml cold water in a small pan and heat gently until the butter melts. Bring the mixture to a rapid boil then quickly remove from the heat and add all the flour. Beat thoroughly with a wooden spoon until the mixture comes away from the sides of the pan and forms a ball. Leave to cool for 3-4 minutes.<br \/>\n2. Preheat the oven to 220C, fan 200C, gas mark 7. Line a large baking sheet with baking paper. Beat the eggs into the mixture, a little at a time, until smooth and glossy. Spoon the mixture into a large piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle. Pipe 8 x 10cm lengths, spaced well apart, onto the baking sheet.<br \/>\n3. Bake for 12-15 mins until the eclairs are well risen and golden. Remove from the oven, pierce each eclair with the tip of a small knife and return to the oven for 2-3 minutes. This allows the steam to escape and dries out the centres of each eclair. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely.<br \/>\n4. Whip the cream and icing sugar in a bowl until softly peaking. Spoon into a large piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle. Hull and slice most of the strawberries (reserving four for decoration).<br \/>\n5. Halve each eclair and fill with the cream then top with sliced strawberries. Sandwich back together and dust with icing sugar. Decorate each one with a swirl of piped cream and a reserved strawberry.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">TIP<\/span><br \/>\nYou can make and bake the choux pastry eclairs a day in advance. If the pastry goes a little soft simply reheat in a hot oven for a few minutes until crisp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Filled with sweetened whipped cream and fresh strawberries, these dainty pastries make a great treat for afternoon tea or can be served as a delicious summer dessert. Swap the strawberries for fresh raspberries or blueberries, if liked. Makes 8 Ready in 50 minutes, plus cooling &nbsp; &nbsp; Ingredients \u2022 50g butter, chilled and diced [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cakes-puddings","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2896"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2899,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2896\/revisions\/2899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rural-lanes.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}