Chocolate Eclair Icing Filling

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This chocolate eclair filling recipe goes together with pol martin's cream puff dough recipe #389840" you will be making professional looking eclairs for any affair :)"

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Steps

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Pour cream and vanilla in a bowl of electric mixer.

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Beat until firm.

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Add icing sugar and beat another 30 seconds , but no longer.

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Set aside in refrigerator.

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Place chocolate in stainless steel bowl.

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Set over saucepan half-filled with hot water.

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Check that bowl does not touch water.

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Melt over very low heat.

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When melted , thin chocolate with 1 tbsp cold water.

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Dip tops of eclairs in warm chocolate.

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If preferred , spread chocolate with spatula.

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When chocolate on tops of eclair has set , carefully slice shells open using knife with serrated blade.

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Fill with whipped cream and serve.

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Ingredients

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heavy cream, vanilla, icing sugar, semisweet chocolate, cold water