How to Make Choux Pastry (Pâte à Choux)
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Choux pastry is a fundamental French baking component used to create cream puffs, profiteroles, eclairs, churros, and more. It takes about 10 minutes to prepare and can be filled and shaped endlessly.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 16- 1/2 cup (8 Tbsp; 113g) unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces
- 1/2 cup (120ml) water
- 1/2 cup (120ml) 2% or whole milk
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1 cup (125g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- egg wash: 1 egg beaten with 1 Tablespoon milk or water
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 90M
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
Complete estimate · 100% of estimated mass resolved
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- Prep
- 15m
- Cook
- 35m
- Sodium
- 62mg
- Total sugar
- 1g
Added sugar is not shown when one or more ingredients lack reliable added-sugar evidence.
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 63mg
- Calcium
- 23mg
- Iron
- 0.55mg
Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.
- PREP
- 15M
- SODIUM
- 62MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.