Technique 101: Learn Easy Pâte à Choux Dough and Make Beautiful Cream Puffs
May 4, 2010 
Once you know how to make this easy Pâte à Choux dough, you can use it to make a number of different things. Pâte à Choux is cream puff pastry and is used to make cream puffs, gougeres, and even beignets. I love it because it is simple, fast and I can make it ahead of time. You can make these beautiful cream puffs and fill them as a dessert with ice cream or whipped cream. You can make them and fill them for lunch with crab or chicken salad. You can add cheese to the dough and make savory little gougeres for appetizers, which I will make for a future post. You can make the cream puffs ahead of time and then simply fill them right before serving - I love recipes that can be made ahead of time, and this one is one of the best and most versatile. Once you have this basic technique in your cooking arsenal, you will be ready to make all kinds of goodies.
