Pâte à Choux | The French Chef Season 1 | Julia Child

Pate a Choux, a quick-change pastry -- Julia Child uses this versatile pastry for everything from appetizers and dumplings to fancy desserts.
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[@samariagirlatwell8877]

I used to make these for my son about 40 years ago. I was a single parent and couldn’t afford much, but when I saw that I had the ingredients I made these and put chocolate pudding in them with chocolate icing for little desserts. They were so good. I didn’t realize back then these were French.

[@jjiacobucci]

Julia is the Queen of Cuisine. No other comes close.

[@wendymarie7151]

I absolutely love Pate a choux. So many recipes!!

[@opwave79]

I like that she focused on savory applications for the pate a choux. It’s a nice change from the usual cream puff and eclair.

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

Gougeres. Also beignets.

[@davidhickenbottom6574]

Super interesting yummy

[@Rotary_Phone]

I'm hungry for some cream puffs! That, I can tell you! I love my puffs!

[@clemdane]

I made cream puffs for the first time many years ago when I was in grad school and somehow they came out perfect. I remember thinking something might go wrong, so I was very careful. I don't think I had a pastry bag either

[@apace903]

We had a neighbor who made them all the time! She filled them with meat salad like chicken or tuna. Somrtimes she would do desserts cream puffs with chocolate. I was so impressed. I was 12-13. 😊

[@davidhickenbottom6574]

That sounds really good

[@brma1892]

Thanks for sharing these videos - with all the horrible problems we face today it is wonderful to have a joyous hobby to escape to, and with such a wondrous teacher as Julia too.

[@jjiacobucci]

Agreed !

[@WastrelWay]

Hmmm. I have made little ones and dipped them in chocolate as a treat. There was no need to cut a slit in them or remove uncooked pastry from them. I think my recipe was a little different and the oven temperature was lower. I used a little ice cream scoop instead of a pastry bag to make little balls. They puffed up nicely and they were nicely hollow inside.

[@annking8633]

I would eat that uncooked stuff she scraped out of the puff. Super yummy goo. 😋

[@clemdane]

Is there a video of her making the giant cream puff?

[@kd1s]

Yeah it started with gugeres

[@fastfed]

big piece of shell fell in @ 5:37 :(

[@XplosiveAction]

I thought from the title it would be Pate like those cold dense meat filled sliceable things

[@rob47214]

That's pâté; this is pâte.

[@clemdane]

I'm so confused that she put pepper and nutmeg in it

[@rob47214]

May I ask why?

[@MossyMozart]

@clemdane - Ms Child did that with the savory puffs she was making. The sweet puffs at the end were different.

[@butchdugan]

I love Julia Child. But as far as puff pastries are concerned I’ll stick with the Fanny Cradock way. There’s no goo to scrape out!!

[@londonlady1966]

Her's were like burnt offerings.

[@butchdugan]

@@londonlady1966 bake them on a lower temperature.

[@londonlady1966]

@@butchdugan I don't bake, maybe Fanny should've done that instead.

[@haruharudude]

Fanny was a snob with terrible eyebrows and a wish that she had half the impact of Julia Child

[@butchdugan]

@@haruharudude what you say may be true and I love Julia, however, I will still stick with Fanny when it come to puff pastry shells.

[@faggianogeuiseppi5135]

I wonder who figured out how to pipe the dough correctly and who decided to put milk not water. Pepper?!?

[@MossyMozart]

@faggianogeuiseppi5135 - That was with the SAVORY puffs. The sweet puffs at the end did not get peppered.