Only a few simple ingredients are required to make choux pastry at home. Choux pastry can be used for éclairs as well as sweet and savory cream puffs like gougères. It's important to exercise patience ...

Recently, I found myself confronted with the tragedy of a bread-less household. Nary a stray tortilla, bread-heel, or crust in sight, my traditional weekend breakfast sando seemed hopelessly ...

Completely unique in the pastry world, choux pastry goes against every rule in the book – eggs are more important than butter, the mixture is heated, and beating, as opposed to ‘rubbing’, is the ...

Little golden puffs of choux pastry are one of the kitchen's acts of magic. It's easier than you think with this step-by-step guide from our everyday baker, Anneka Manning, who this week shows you how ...

Master the art of the French pastry to make profiteroles, Paris-Brests and classic chocolate éclairs. Choux pastry, or pâte à choux, is a versatile and delectable dough that creates an array of ...

This is the 50th recipe in our Kitchen Cabinet series, and to mark the occasion we have a baking project for the bank-holiday weekend. Ever wondered how pastry chefs get those unusual markings and ...

Choux pastry is extremely versatile and can be used to create sumptuous rich deserts as well a more unusual savoury dishes. Place the water, milk, sugar and salt together in a heavy based pan over a ...

Choux puffs filled with creme patissiere and stacked in a cone with a spun sugar exoskeleton were the height of wedding chic in certain circles when many of my friends started getting married. Then, ...