First, a French friend brings a spectacular homemade dessert to dinner. It’s a Paris-Brest -- a large ring of choux paste sliced horizontally, filled with praline pastry cream and whipped cream and ...

Pâte à choux is a versatile dough that can be sweet or savory. Here's how to make it correctly. Allie has been Lifehacker’s Food Writer since 2021. She earned her bachelor’s degree at Ithaca College ...

This week it’s the turn of crisp, decadent choux pastry, with these recipes for chocolate eclairs spiked with bright, sharp berries, and bonfire-night ready, dairy-free choux doughnuts, stuffed with ...

Preheat oven to 220°C. Grease and line two baking sheets. Sift the flour into a bowl, then set it aside. In a medium saucepan, bring water, butter, sugar and salt to a boil over medium-high heat, ...

Choux puffs filled with creme patissiere and stacked in a cone with a spun sugar exoskeleton were the height of wedding chic in certain circles when many of my friends started getting married. Then, ...

First, a French friend brings a spectacular homemade dessert to dinner. It’s a Paris-Brest — a large ring of choux paste sliced horizontally, filled with praline pastry cream and whipped cream and ...