Alpha Foodie’s chocolate éclairs with custard filling - Clarence Court Recipes

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups whole milk
• 1 whole vanilla pod
• 5 Clarence Court egg yolks
• 2 ½ tablespoons raw cane sugar
• 1 ½ tablespoon cornflour
• 1-2 tablespoons of unsalted butter (optional for a thicker custard)
• ½ cup water
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup unsalted butter, chopped into cubes
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
• 1 teaspoon cane sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 ⅓ cup white flour, sifted
• 5 Clarence Court Burford Brown eggs, 1 of these used for the egg wash
• ½ cup cream
• 100g chocolate, broken into pieces