Comments on: If the Choux Fits… http://bittersweetblog.com/2008/08/31/if-the-choux-fits/ An Obsession with All Things Handmade and Home-Cooked Mon, 20 May 2013 14:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: alicia http://bittersweetblog.com/2008/08/31/if-the-choux-fits/#comment-22476 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:16:09 +0000 http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-22476 So glad to find someone else who was less than pleased with the results of this recipe.

I had read so many superlatives about it that I was finally persuaded to try it myself last night.

Ycccck. Talk about avoidance therapy. I think I have been permanently turned off to anything even resembling eclairs.

While the recipe was well mapped out and easy to follow and the eclairs “looked” good all puffed up and all, they tasted awful. Very eggy and unpleasant.

I filled them with Herme’s recipe for pastry cream. This cream tasted pretty good while still warm and when the portion was only what could be fit on the end of a fingertip. So good that I thought it would successfully mask the flavor of the puffs.

So I spooned out some extra generous gollops into the shells after the pastry cream had been chilled and proceeded to dig in enthusiastically. But it was awful.

Something had happened in the chilling and the taste of flour in the pastry cream was really prevalent and off-putting.

So disgusting I am going to just toss the whole mess.

Maybe it was something I did wrong although I thought I followed the recipes carefully. I don’t know.

]]> By: clumbsycookie http://bittersweetblog.com/2008/08/31/if-the-choux-fits/#comment-22408 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:51:25 +0000 http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-22408 That’s just incredible to try vegan choux versions! Sorry it wasn’t ideal, but it still lokks great to me! Loved the way you’ve filled them!

]]> By: Nora http://bittersweetblog.com/2008/08/31/if-the-choux-fits/#comment-22407 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:04:15 +0000 http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-22407 Hi Hannah,
Despite your reservations, these do look so delicious! I hope that your experiments with vegan choux pastry will be fruitful.

]]> By: Olga http://bittersweetblog.com/2008/08/31/if-the-choux-fits/#comment-22380 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:45:08 +0000 http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-22380 LOVE the piping technique!

]]> By: A&N http://bittersweetblog.com/2008/08/31/if-the-choux-fits/#comment-22378 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:24:53 +0000 http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-22378 I think you are being too hard on yourself! Of course, it is not a failure by any means! The Eclairs look awesome. I wish I were half as successful as you were :)

]]> By: Grave http://bittersweetblog.com/2008/08/31/if-the-choux-fits/#comment-22372 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:17:22 +0000 http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-22372 LOVE the plate! it’s just a bundle of awesome. sorry your eclairs didn’t turn out well. they look like they taste good and that counts for something!

]]> By: The voracious Vegan http://bittersweetblog.com/2008/08/31/if-the-choux-fits/#comment-22371 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:52:45 +0000 http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-22371 Sorry you were disappointed, but they look absolutely stunning. Gorgeous pictures, as usual!

]]> By: Ashley http://bittersweetblog.com/2008/08/31/if-the-choux-fits/#comment-22370 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:22:03 +0000 http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-22370 That’s disappointing that these didn’t turn out as well as you’d hoped but you’re right, they do look good. And more importantly, it’s so awesome that you’re always experimenting and willing to take baking risks!

]]> By: Jenny http://bittersweetblog.com/2008/08/31/if-the-choux-fits/#comment-22368 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:41:56 +0000 http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-22368 Well I would never have guessed these weren’t delicious from the pictures. They look great!
Good luck on the recipe.

]]> By: Amber http://bittersweetblog.com/2008/08/31/if-the-choux-fits/#comment-22365 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:35:43 +0000 http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/?p=727#comment-22365 If the choux fits is too funny, I like the title I came up with also, so I enjoy humor from others sites. You do realize all of us will be stalking you guys with September challenge before us. All of you alternatives amaze me.

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