choux pastry

Light French dough

Choux pastry is a light dough made by cooking flour with butter and water, then beating in eggs.

The high moisture content creates steam during baking, producing a hollow, puffy shell.

It forms the base for cream puffs, éclairs, and profiteroles: The choux pastry puffed up beautifully in the oven.

varieties

profiterole

Filled choux sphere

beignet · churro · cruller · duchesse

ingredients

flour

Milled grain powder

  • eggsReproductive cells in shells
  • butterSolid fat from cream
  • waterClear essential liquid

milk · salt · sugar · whipped cream · custard · ganache · fondant · chocolate glaze · caramel · praline

French

Paris

France's chief city

Paris-Brest · chantilly · crème pâtissière · petits fours

technique

piping

Tubes for fluid transport

  • bakingCooking with dry heat
  • ovenEnclosed cooking chamber
  • panadeBread-based binding paste

steam · beating · preheating · drying out · proofing · egg wash · docking · tempering · folding · resting

texture

light

Visible electromagnetic radiation

golden · puffy · delicate · flaky · tender · crackled · risen · expanded · pillowy · crusty

Categories
Opposites
pastry type/technique

choux pastryshortcrust pastry

Crumbly baked pie shell

puff pastry · phyllo · pie crust · flaky pastry · pie dough

texture and structure

choux pastryshortbread

Buttery, crumbly biscuit

cookie dough · biscuit dough · pound cake

culinary technique complexity

choux pastrygraham cracker crust

Pressed crumb pie base

Family

pastry, choux, puff pastry, éclair

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G