Chocolate Eclairs

Chocolate eclairs, ooh how tasty the eclair can be!!! We recently had a Baha'i study circle at our home with about 20 people participating. It was an all day intensive study circle, we started at 9:00am and finished at 5:30pm. I knew I had to make something that would keep people functioning all day long, besides for food (breakfast and lunch). My answer was mini eclairs with hot tea or coffee, Yumm! How to make eclairs? It is easy all you need is a great recipe for eclairs.

A Chocolate eclair dessert is one of my favorite pastries. One of my guests was a beautiful French lady (both inside and out) named Guilmette. She came up to me and said "this is real French custard". She knew her true Eclairs living in France for so many years, and could not believe I had made them. I had also experimented with my original recipe and decided to do something a bit different, that made it more nutritious and tastier. (It will be revealed in my classes and recipe book - hint hint).

I do have to say that French Baking is a labor of love. The reward is seeing the happiness it brings to people and their stomachs. Also the reaction that people have after they eat the pastry - takes me by surprise a lot of times. Some will come up and hug you and love you for it while others will just say you are the best! This is when I have to remember not to let it go to my head, which too many compliments can do to someone. I sometimes don't realize how much people appreciate the effort and quality of a well made dessert and this is why I keep making them. I love to see the joy it brings to people besides for their tummies.

It makes the hard work...well not so hard and definitely worth it!

Until next week, be happy, eat healthy, and bring about more love in this world.

Chocolate Covered Pecan Pie

Tonight we are invited to a study circle / dinner party at our good friend Pari's home. I didn't want to go empty handed, and since dinner was provided, I wanted to whip up some dessert. I had about three hours to come up with something different, mouth watering, and relatively quick. So I go through my fridge and see that I have a bowl of caramel and pecan filling and dough which I can use for a shell. I got it! I can make a chocolate covered Pecan Pie.

Chocalate covered pecan pie takes about several hours to make so I do have enough time. This is a unique pecan pie that has always been a hit. Everyone who tastes this extraordinary dessert falls in love with it because of its rich taste.

The caramel and pecan filling is enclosed in the mouth watery shell. Finally chocolate is poured over it to form a complete covering. Very rich in taste and so delicious with tea or coffee, it hits the spot! My husband Prabakar was very excited as this is one of his favorite desserts. As we drove to the party Prabakar was stating that he could smell the chocolate and it was killing him. He was so hungry that he wanted to have the dessert first because of the incredible chocolate smell. At the party, it was a hit. No one had taste a pecan pie like it!