Gougères (French Cheese Puffs)
This classic French side dish uses a cheesy choux dough to create delicious little puff balls.
Ingredients
- 1 cup gruyere cheese plus more to sprinkle on top
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup water
- 1 cup flour
- 3 eggs beaten
- pinch nutmeg
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Add water, milk, and butter to a saucepan on medium heat. Stir until butter melts, it comes to a boil, and then reduce heat to low.Stir in flour, bit-by-bit, until combined, take off heat, and let cool for about 2 minutes.
- Slowly stir eggs into dough until combined. Finally stir in cheese, salt, pepper, and nutmeg. By now it should resemble a sticky paste that pulls away from the sides of the pan.
- Pour this mixture into a ziplock bag and cut the corner. On an oiled wax-paper-lined baking sheet, squeeze out dollops of the dough, tapping the peaks down with your finger. Sprinkle some more cheese over each one.
- Bake in oven for 20-25 minutes or until crispy on top, making sure not to prematurely open oven, for fear of deflation.
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