choux

I haven’t been baking for a week as I had to sew dresses for my market stall on Saturday.  And then it rained!!!   So today I baked, and choux pastry was the order of the day.  I saw choux being made on the Australian Bake Off recently and apparently when it falls off the spoon in a triangle shape it is the right consistency.  I was watching Food TV while I baked these eclairs.  Jaime Oliver was “unlocking the secrets of the world’s healthiest diets.”  He was in Icaria in Greece whose population live longer than most, the key being homegrown fruit and veges and daily physical activity.  Walnuts too were one of their secret ingredients to provide energy to keep going all day, a source of copper which helps the immune system and folic acid and magnesium to reduce tiredness.  Didn’t know that.   And even better, a handful of nuts a day is said to increase life expectancy by two years.  His savoury muffins full of sweet potato and cheese looked like the perfect solution for my daughter’s vegetarian dish for dinner so I made them.  They turned out fabulous.  I will post that recipe next. The choux pastry was quite easy to whip up. To make it I (more…)