MEYER LEMON ECLAIRS —AND THE FORT WAYNE ZOO
I owe this recipe, Meyer lemon eclairs, to Jose Andres’ book “Vegetables Unleashed”. Yes, you heard right! This delicious dessert is categorized by the chef as a vegetable, so I’ll go with it! As they say, always eat your vegetables —during or, in this case, after your main meal!
My eclairs are smaller than chef Jose’s, because these days I try to have just small bites of sweets (I know many of you can relate). So my recipe is slightly modified accordingly.
Like Jose says in his book, I, too, had never heard of Meyer lemons before, and they were quite (more…)
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