Choux pastry recipes
Choux pastry doesn’t need to be scary! Follow our thoroughly-tested recipes for choux success. We’ve got sweet and savoury ideas to impress, including a cheesy choux wreath with smoked salmon and giant chocolate éclair.
Mastered choux? Try our puff pastry recipes next.
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Patisserie recipes
Ravneet Gill’s mango and passion fruit choux buns
Ravneet Gill's choux buns filled with a mango, passionfruit and white chocolate ganache make a fabulous dessert to serve friends.
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Patisserie recipes
Choux buns with raspberry, rose and pistachio
These choux buns are filled with a silky pistachio cream and a sharp raspberry and rose coulis – plus a pretty speckled craquelin on top.
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Celebrity chef Christmas recipes
Jeremy Lee’s profiterole tower
A classic profiterole tower: delicate choux puffs stuffed with custard and ice cream, with a jug of warm chocolate sauce to pour over the top.
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Mother's Day recipes
Karpatka (Polish custard slice)
Kuba Winkowski shares his recipe for karpatka, Polish custard slice. Thick custard is sandwiched between two flaky layers of choux pastry.
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Sharing recipes to feed a crowd
Giant Ferrero Rocher éclair to share
The award for the biggest, best pastry goes to our giant Ferrero Rocher éclair. This showstopper serves 8-10 for an ideal Christmas dessert.
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Afternoon tea recipes
Miso caramel banoffee éclairs
Ravinder Bhogal's banoffee éclairs combine choux pastry, salted caramel and a fudgy chocolate topping into one decadent afternoon tea treat.
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Strawberry recipes
Strawberry éclairs
Filled with custard and topped with strawberry icing, this strawberry éclair recipe makes a wonderful addition to afternoon tea.
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Showstopping salmon recipes
Cheesy choux wreath with hot smoked salmon and horseradish dip
This impressive tear-and-share cheesy choux wreath is served with a fiery smoked salmon, horseradish and cream cheese dip.
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Festive desserts
White chocolate, orange and ginger profiteroles
We've revitalised this 1970s classic with these white chocolate drizzled profiteroles filled with an orange and ginger cream.
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Christmas canapés
Raymond Blanc’s brandy custard choux buns
Raymond Blanc's boozy choux buns are the perfect sweet Christmas canapé. Make them in advance, then defrost in the oven when it's party time.
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Strawberry recipes
Strawberry choux buns
Treat guests to strawberry choux buns made with fresh, juicy strawberries and filled with a beautifully light mascarpone cream.
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Afternoon tea recipes
Choux pastry
Follow our easy guide to how to make choux pastry and you'll be turning out perfect profiteroles and éclairs in no time.
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