Chocolate Eclairs

Method

1. Boil 1 cup water in a non-stick pan, add butter and let it melt.
2. To prepare ganache, take full cream in another non-stick pan and bring it to a boil.
3. Take chocolate in a bowl, add the boiling full cream and stir continuously till well blended.
4. Preheat oven to 180º C.
5. Add flour to water-butter mixture and mix till the mixture gets rough pastry consistency.
6. Transfer into another bowl, add eggs and beat the mixture till all the ingredients blend well. Transfer this mixture into a piping bag.
7. Pipe rectangles on a greased baking tray, keep the tray in the preheated oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
8. Fill another piping bag with whipped cream.
9. Take the tray out, slit them horizontally in the centre without cutting through, pipe in the whipped cream.
10. Dip the eclairs in the chocolate ganache and arrange them on a serving platter and serve.

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