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Delicious French Eclairs

This summer we were staying at Le Grand Paris in Nesles-la-Vallée, close to Paris, in France. The campsite didn’t have a shop, so we were dependent on going into the village for supplies. Nesles-la-Vallée had a couple of small supermarkets, in addition they were two boulangeries and a charcuterie. It was nice to buy baguettes and breakfast pastries from the boulangerie.

One day I also bought some delicious fresh eclairs from there as well.

I got four versions, a vanilla eclair, one chocolate, a pistachio, I also got a Paris Nesles, which a local speciality eclair with almonds.

I had the pistachio eclair and the Paris Nesles. They were both delicious. My son had the chocolate and vanilla eclairs. The chocolate version had a chocolate cream, which was different to the usual fresh cream. The vanilla one had vanilla cream, and as you might have guessed the filling of the other two. The Paris Nesles did though also have a layer of chocolate ganache as well as an almond filling.

These were delicious and lovely patisserie. I could have bought loads of cakes from there.

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“Chelsea” Bun

I would be the first person to make the call that what you see in the photograph above is not a true Chelsea Bun.

It was a “Chelsea” Bun from Morrisons. Made from bread it had dried fruit and cinnamon and was topped with a sugar glaze and sugar crystals.

As you can probably guess it wasn’t anything to write home about. It lacked freshness, it was too sugary and the cinnamon was somewhat misplaced and overpowering.

This wasn’t a delight, much more a cloying and unsatisfying experience, one not to be repeated.

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Cherry Tart

So there I was in Druckers buying a coffee and decided to have something sweet to go with it. I did think about a chocolate eclair (or even a coffee eclair) but in the end decided to try the cherry tart.

It was a bit like a Bakewell Tart in the sense that the filling that the cherries had been placed (or stuck) was a frangipan, an almond filling.

It was okay, but nothing to shout home about, and certainly wouldn’t be on my list the next time I go to Druckers. Basically it lacked flavour, the cherries did not taste very much of cherries and the almond filling had a hint of almond, but was quite bland.

Next time, I’ll go for the chocolate eclair.