You know when you get one of those recipes that is just too good to be true, well this is one of them, the easiest to do and so impressive looking.

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CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS

250ml (1Cup) water 4 eggs

115g butter 250 ml cream stiffly whipped (use Orley Whip)

250ml cake flour 100g chocolate

pinch of salt

Oven 200ºC. Grease a large baking sheet

Bring water and butter to the boil in a medium sized pot. Immediately add the flour and salt in one go, stirring with a wooden spoon until mixture forms a paste and no longer sticks to the sides of the pot.

Remove from heat and cool for 5 minutes. Add the eggs one by one, beating well after each addition.

The mixture should form a stiff, glistening paste. You may not need to use all the eggs. Let the paste cool.

Drop teaspoons of the mixture on the greased baking sheet, spacing the rounds about 4 cm apart.

This mixture can also be piped onto the baking sheet.

Sprinkle with a little water to create steam.

Bake at 200º for 10 min. Reduce heat to 180º for another 15minutes

Allow them to cool.

Cut into each puff from one side and open just wide enough to insert nozzle of a piping bag. Fill puffs with the stiffly beaten cream and dip in melted chocolate.

Allow the chocolate to harden