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An éclair is an oblong pastry made with choux dough filled with a cream and topped with icing. The dough which is the same as that used for profiterole is typically piped into an oblong shape with a pastry bag and baked until it is crisp and hollow inside. Once cool the pastry then is filled with a vanilla- coffee- or chocolate-flavoured custard (crème pâtissière) or with whipped cream or chiboust cream; and then iced with fondant icing.
