Gougeres
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
use your favorite mix of soft and hard cheeses in these
Source: Taste of Home magazine
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 6 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups (6oz.) shredded Gruyere cheese
- 2 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 tp. Dijon mustard
- 1/8 tsp. ground red pepper
- parchment paper
Directions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Bring first 3 ingredients and 1/2 cup water
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to a rolling boil in a 3-quart saucepan over medium heat; cook, stirring constantly, one minute. Add flour all at once, and beat vigorously with a wooden spoon 1 minute or until smooth and pulls away from sides of pan, forming a ball of dough. Remove from heat, and let stand 5 minutes.
- Transfer dough to bowl of a heavy duty electric stand mixer. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating at medium speed until well blende after each addition. (If dough separates, don’t worry- it will come back together. Add Gruyere cheese and next 3 ingredients; beat at high speed 3 minutes or until dough is smooth and glossy. Drop by round teaspoons
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2 inches apart onto 2 parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
- Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees, and bake gougeres 10 to 12 minutes, placing 1 baking sheet on middle oven rack and other on lower oven rack. Switch baking sheets, and bake 4 to 6 more minutes or until golden brown. cool on baking sheets 5 minutes. Repeat procedure with remaining dough.
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makes 7 to 8 dozen