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Gougères

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Gougeres pastries on a plate

A light and cheesy choux pastry puff, gougères is the perfect addition to your next charcuterie board, or alongside a hearty bowl of soup. This is one recipe for which we recommend listening to the tips in the episode!


Prep time: 30 min

Cook time: 16-18 min

Yield: 2 dozen



Ingredients

  • 6 tbsp butter

  • 3/4 tsp salt

  • 1/4 tsp nutmeg

  • 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

  • 4 large eggs

  • 1 1/2 cup grated cheese of your choice

  • sesame seeds (optional)

Directions

  1. Preheat your oven to 400F. Line two baking sheets with parchment.

  2. In a medium sauce pan, bring butter, salt and nutmeg to a boil with 1 cup water.

  3. Remove the pan from the heat and add the flour. Stir with a wooden spoon until well mixed. Return to medium-low heat and keep stirring until a ball starts to form. Put an instant read thermometer in the dough. You'll know it's ready when it reaches between 165-175F.

  4. Put your dough in the bowl on your stand mixer. Using the paddle attachment on low speed, stir the dough a few times to break it up and cool it slightly. Check the temperature again with your thermometer.

  5. When the dough cools to 145F, add your eggs one at a time, mixing well to incorporate each egg.

  6. Using a pastry bag, pipe approx. a tbsp of dough on your baking sheet, leaving about 1 inch between them. Sprinkle with sesame seeds, if using.

  7. Bake until golden brown, approx. 16-18 min.

  8. They should be crispy on the outside, and hollow inside.


This recipe is adapted from Franck's Cheese Gougères in the cookbook, Bisous & Brioche by Laura Bradbury and Rebecca Wellman, with help from the website Serious Eats.

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