To prepare the choux pastry first pour the water (1), the milk (2), the sugar (3) and the salt (4). Also add the butter in ...

After the first wash, let it soak into the pastry (5-10 minutes) and then wash it again.” And if you fear the dreaded soggy bottom? “Preheat your baking tray in the oven,” Hall McCarron advises.

Seal the edge. Repeat with the remaining pastry and filling, then transfer to a tray join-side down, brush all over with the beaten egg and refrigerate, covered, for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven ...

Drop the paste into a piping bag or using two spoons, lift and scoop onto the tray. Leave about 2 centimetres between each blob of pastry. Step 7: For a golden brown puff bake at 180C for 20-30 ...