Secrets of Eclairs

Book excerpt: The definitive guide to clairs, with extensive information on ingredients and equipment required to an array of dazzling finishing touches. Looking through the patisserie window, the clair can make anyone swoon it is quite simply perfect! With Secrets of Eclairs you can bring this legend of the pastry world home. Discover how simple this cult pastry is to make. This is the complete guide to choux pastry and everything you need to know for a well-risen puff, a guide to fillings, the secret to making the glossiest icing. Learn the ropes with the classics coffee and chocolate clairs then throw yourself into clairs with more unusual fillings like lime, chestnut or passionfruit, and icings to die for, including salted-butter caramel and mille-feuille style stripes... After studying law and journalism, Marianne Magnier-Moreno completed a professional certificate in cookery. She then worked in restaurants in Paris and New York before devoting herself to cookbook writing. Also available: Secrets of Macarons