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| CHEESE PUFF |
Ingredients for Cheese Puff
* 5 Tbsp butter
* 1 tsp salt
* ¼ tsp black pepper
* ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 cup grated Gruyère cheese (Order)
* 5 eggs, at room temperature
How to Make Cheese Puff
1. Preheat oven to 425º. In a saucepan, add butter, salt, pepper, and nutmeg to 1 cup water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
2. Reduce heat to low when butter melts.
3. Add flour all at once to mixture and cook over low heat, beating with a wooden spoon until mixture pulls away from sides of pan, about 1 min.
4. Remove from heat.
5. Add cheese to pan and beat with spoon until well incorporated.
6. Add 4 of the eggs, one at a time, beating each egg into the batter until thoroughly absorbed.
7. Continue beating until the mixture is smooth, shiny, and firm.
8. On a lightly greased cookie sheet, drop batter in small spoonfuls (or pipe with a pastry bag) to form the Gougères.
9. Beat remaining egg with ½ Tbsp water then brush tops of uncooked Gougères with egg wash.
10. Bake in upper third of oven for 15-20 minutes or until the Gougères are golden and doubled in size.
11. Remove from oven and serve hot, or allow cooling at room temperature.
12. Makes about 36 Gougères.
13. Serve as a snack, a hors d’oeuvre, or an accompaniment to a first course.
