June 22, today, is "National Chocolate Éclair Day" here on the fun chocolate calendar we are creating over the years drawing upon many, many printed and online sources. This day honoring a French creation with the addition of our Sacred Substance has an unknown history. If you know anything at all about when this fun food holiday began or who created it, please leave a note with a link in the comments, Sisters and Brothers.
Your Chocolate Priestess has never made homemade éclairs before, let alone chocolate ones because she's heard it is difficult and because frankly it is often borderline too warm to use the oven where she lives. Today, it's supposed to be over 90 degrees again and humid. So what I need from all of you is feedback on whether or not making chocolate éclairs is indeed difficult.
Where do you get your recipes for your chocolate éclairs? Do you put chocolate inside them as well as on the top? Could you add chocolate to the pastry itself to make it even more chocolaty or would that upset the creation of the fine product? How long will a homemade éclair last in your house? What type of chocolate -- white, milk, dark -- works best for these?
If you give me the information then next year I can find the courage to try to make my own and share the success or failure with you all.
Sisters and Brothers, may you, too, take the time to slowly appreciate what the Divine and human ingenuity have offered you in chocolate.
Where do you get your recipes for your chocolate éclairs? Do you put chocolate inside them as well as on the top? Could you add chocolate to the pastry itself to make it even more chocolaty or would that upset the creation of the fine product? How long will a homemade éclair last in your house? What type of chocolate -- white, milk, dark -- works best for these?
If you give me the information then next year I can find the courage to try to make my own and share the success or failure with you all.
Sisters and Brothers, may you, too, take the time to slowly appreciate what the Divine and human ingenuity have offered you in chocolate.
Comments
I bet if I made them they'd disappear fast around my house as well. When it cools off (when will that be, geesh) I'll try to make some myself then share that adventure with you all.
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