Gougeres French Cheese Puffs |
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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These are wonderful little cheese puff appetizers that are great for parties (or anytime!) Ingredients:
5 tablespoons butter |
1 teaspoon salt |
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper |
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg |
1 cup water, plus |
1/2 teaspoon water, divided |
1 cup all-purpose flour |
1 cup grated gruyere cheese |
5 large eggs, at room temperature (very important) |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425.
2. Add butter, salt, pepper and nutmeg to 1 cup water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
3. When butter melts, reduce the heat to low.
4. Add flour to saucepan all at once and beat with a wooden spoon over low heat for about a minute until mixture pulls away from sides of the pan.
5. Remove pan from heat.
6. Add cheese to pan and beat with wooden spoon until thoroughly mixed.
7. Add 4 eggs, one at a time, beating each into the batter until well mixed before adding the next.
8. Continue beating mixture until it is smooth, shiny and firm.
9. Drop batter in small spoonfuls onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
10. Beat remaining egg with 1/2 tbsp water, then brush tops of uncooked gougeres with egg wash.
11. Bake in upper third of the over for 15-20 minutes or until golden and doubled in size.
12. Remove from oven serve hot or can be served at room temperature.
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