{"id":12833,"date":"2016-12-08T05:25:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T03:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/77.104.163.26\/~nimrods4\/en\/?p=12833"},"modified":"2022-01-15T11:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T09:15:01","slug":"pistachio-cream-eclairs-with-chocolate-ganache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lilcookie.com\/pistachio-cream-eclairs-with-chocolate-ganache\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistachio Cream Eclairs with Chocolate Ganache"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chocolate and pistachio are such a great combination of flavors if you ask me. The sweetness of the chocolate combines really well with the nutty, rustic flavor of the pistachios, and it&#8217;s absolutely great. Whenever I combine chocolate and pistachios together I wonder why I don&#8217;t do it more often.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">These pistachio cream eclairs are filled with easy-to-make pistachio cream dotted with dark chocolate truffles and topped with chocolate ganache. The are so easy to make and simply delicious! If you like chocolate and pistachio &#8211; you just have to try these yourself!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lilcookie.com\/category\/cookies-and-individual-desserts\/eclairs-and-profiteroles\/\"> Looking for more eclairs and profiteroles recipes? Click here &gt;&gt;\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9266\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9266\" class=\"wp-image-9266\" title=\"Pistachio Cream Eclairs with Chocolate Ganache\" src=\"http:\/\/oogio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/chocolate_pistachio_eclair3-s.jpg\" alt=\"Pistachio Cream Eclairs with Chocolate Ganache\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Natalie Levin<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6091382327871787\" data-ad-slot=\"7832461759\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--WPRM Recipe 22895--><\/p>\n<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe\">\n<h2 class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-name\">Pistachio Cream Eclairs with Chocolate Ganache<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-summary\">\n<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-equipment\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-ingredients\">\n<h4>For choux pastry:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>125 ml. (1\/2 cup) milk<\/li>\n<li>Pinch of salt<\/li>\n<li>30 grams (3 tbsp.) sugar<\/li>\n<li>50 grams (1\/4 cup) butter<\/li>\n<li>70 grams (1\/2 cup) all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>2 beaten eggs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>For pistachio Chantilly cream:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>250 ml. (1 cup) heavy cream<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp. pistachio paste<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp. cream stabilizer or instant vanilla pudding mix<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp. sugar powder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>For dark chocolate truffles:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>100 grams dark chocolate<\/li>\n<li>75 ml. (1\/3 cup) heavy cream<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Decoration:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Pistachio halves<\/li>\n<li>A little streusel<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-instructions\">\n<h4>Choux pastry:<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 190c degrees.<\/li>\n<li>in a medium saucepan put milk, salt, sugar and butter and heat to a strong boil.<\/li>\n<li>Add flour and stir while cooking, until it turns into a lump of dough.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the dough to the bowl of an electric mixer with a paddle attachment and mix on medium speed for 2-3 minutes until it cools down a little.<\/li>\n<li>Add the eggs gradually while beating until dough is elastic and smooth. Check the readiness of dough by creating a &#8220;trail&#8221; with a wooden spoon in the center of the dough &#8211; if the track remains stable, add some eggs, and if it closes a bit &#8211; the dough is ready. It is important not to add too many eggs to the dough or it may become too soft and ruined.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the dough to a pastry bag fitted with a serrated 2 cm piping tip. On a baking tray lined with baking paper pipe 10 long eclairs. It&#8217;s important to leave some space between the eclairs.<\/li>\n<li>Baking: bake for 12 minutes at first. Than reduce oven temperature to 180c degrees and continue to bake for 7-10 minutes, or until golden.<\/li>\n<li>Cool completely before filling.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Pistachio Chantilly cream:<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>In a bowl of mixer whip cream, pistachio paste, stabilizer, and sugar powder to a very stable cream.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the whipped cream into a piping bag with a 1 cm serrated piping tip.<\/li>\n<li>Cross the eclairs in the middle into 2 parts and generously fill with the cream. Refrigerate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Dark chocolate truffles:<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>Chop the chocolate and put in a small bowl.<\/li>\n<li>In a small pan heat cream to a simmer.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the hot cream over the chopped chocolate, wait a minute, and beat until you get a uniform and shiny chocolate ganache.<\/li>\n<li>Cool the ganache in the fridge for 1-2 hours until it sets, but still pasty texture and comfortable for drizzling.<\/li>\n<li>Transfer the mixture into a pastry bag with 1 cm round piping tip and pipe small mounds of truffles on the pistachio Chantilly cream.<\/li>\n<li>Close with the top of the eclairs and drizzle a generous strip of dark chocolate truffle on top.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with half pistachios and streusel.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-notes\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Keep the pistachio cream eclairs for 3-4 days in the refrigerator.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"wprm-fallback-recipe-meta\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--End WPRM Recipe--><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pistachio Cream Eclairs with Chocolate Ganache\" src=\"http:\/\/oogio.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/chocolate_pistachio_eclair2-s.jpg\" alt=\"Pistachio Cream Eclairs with Chocolate Ganache\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Natalie Levin<\/p><\/div>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chocolate and pistachio are such a great combination of flavors if you ask me. The sweetness of the chocolate combines really well with the nutty, rustic flavor of the pistachios, and it&#8217;s absolutely great. Whenever I combine chocolate and pistachios together I wonder why I don&#8217;t do it more often. 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