ÉCLAIRS

10 cooked pate a choux shells (in a elongated oval shape) 5 oz of Chocolate mousseline (see recipe on page 13)

5 oz Cream Chantilly (see recipe on page 30)

5 oz melted dark chocolate

5 servings

•Melt chocolate in a double boiler very slowly

•Take two pastry bags with medium round tips, fill one with the chocolate mousseline and the other with the cream Chantilly

•Stick the tip of the bag into the cooked dough and pipe mixture until full (do five with the chocolate and five with the chantilly)

•Once the éclairs are piped dip the side without the hole into the melted chocolate

•Serve one chocolate and one chantilly with the chocolate side up as a dessert with a surprise

PROFITEROLES

5 cooked pate a choux shells (in a large roll shape)

7 oz of hot chocolate ganache (see recipe on page 13) 5 large scoops of vanilla ice cream

5 servings

•Make sure the chocolate ganache is hot

•Take cooked pate a choux and cut in half

•Take a large scoop of ice cream and place in between the two layers of pate a choux

•Place the porfiterole on a cold plate and cover with the hot ganache

BEIGNETS

1/2 pound of raw pate a choux dough 4 cups vegetable oil (for frying)

1 pound powdered sugar Serves about 10

•Pre heat the oil to 375ºF

•Using a one-ounce scoop, scoop the pate a choux dough into the hot oil

•Once the dough is brown and puffed, remove from the oil

•Drain and dust generously with powdered sugar

•Serve at breakfast or any time of the day

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Viking VSM500, VSM700 manual Éclairs, Profiteroles, Beignets
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VSM700, VSM500 specifications

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