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Coffee, Iced

Eclairs filled with Moka custard and coated in coffee icing.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Coffee, Iced

Ingredients

Directions

Assemble and ice

  1. Fill each eclair with 1 teaspoon of Moka custard.

  2. Dip each eclair into the coffee icing to cover the surface and sides smoothly.

  3. Place the eclairs on a wire tray to set.

Serve

  1. Serve when ready.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Eclairs
Provide the light, hollow choux pastry shell that holds the custard filling.
Moka custard
Adds a creamy, sweet filling with coffee flavour inside the eclair.
Coffee icing
Forms a sweet, coffee-flavoured glaze that covers and sets on the surface.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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