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Gougeres (French cheese puffs)
Gougeres transform relatively simple ingredients into tasty cheesy bites with gently crisp outside and soft, light inside. A delicious snack.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
55 mins
Servings: 30 pieces,
Calories: 66 kcal
Course:
Appetizer , Snacks
Cuisine:
French
Ingredients
- 4 oz gruyere cheese or comte/emmental, divided
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup water
- 7 tablespoon unsalted butter cut into chunks
- 1 cup all purpose flour plain flour
- 4 large eggs
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 1 pinch nutmeg
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400F/200C and line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment. Have a piping bag ready with a wide tip. Grate around 3 ½oz/100g of the cheese coarsely - this will go in the mixture - and grate the remaining ½oz/15g finely and keep separate (this is to go on top).
- Place the milk, water and butter in a saucepan and place over a medium heat. Warm, stirring fairly regularly, until the butter melts. Continue to warm until the mixture comes to a simmer then remove from the heat.
- Add the flour off the heat and using a spatula, mix well so that there aren't any clumps of flour. The mixture will probably look a little like mashed potato at this point.
- Return the mixture to the heat, and cook for around 5 minutes over a medium heat, stirring regularly, until the mixture dries out a little and comes together in a smooth clump. You may get a little residue on the side of the pan.
- Remove the mixture from the heat and let it cool a minute. You want it still warm but not so hot the eggs cook when they are added. Add the eggs one at a time to the mixture, stirring vigorously to incorporate them into the mixture. Don't worry if it looks like it is separating at first, just keep mixing and it will blend in.
- Once all of the eggs are added, add the coarsely-grated cheese, salt, pepper and nutmeg and mix all through so well distributed. Transfer the mixture to a piping bag.
- Pipe mounds of the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet in rows, each around 1 - 1 ½inches diameter (3 - 4cm) with around 2 inches (5cm) between them to allow for them expanding. If you need to, you can add a little more to any mound after to even out sizes.
- Once you have piped them all, dampen your finger and gently smooth off the edges to make them relatively rounded. Sprinkle a little of the finely-grated cheese on top of each mound. Bake for around 20 -25 minutes until golden brown on top.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
66kcal
(3%)
Carbohydrates
3g
(1%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
36mg
(12%)
Sodium
58mg
(2%)
Potassium
24mg
(1%)
Fiber
0.1g
(0%)
Sugar
0.3g
(1%)
Vitamin A
160IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
0.001mg
(0%)
Calcium
49mg
(5%)
Iron
0.3mg
(2%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 30pieces,
Amount Per Serving
Calories 66
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 66kcal | 3% |
| Carbohydrates | 3g | 1% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 36mg | 12% |
| Sodium | 58mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 24mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.1g | 0% |
| Sugar | 0.3g | 1% |
| Vitamin A | 160IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 0.001mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 49mg | 5% |
| Iron | 0.3mg | 2% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.