Cooking and Serving: 40 minutes | 20 cheese puffs
Ingredients
What are gougères? | Oh, so they’re popovers? | How are they different from popovers, then?
Description
Prep Time: 20 minutes | Cook Time: 20 minutes | Total Time: 40 minutes | Servings: 20 cheese puffs
Ingredients
What are gougères?
Oh, so they’re popovers?
How are they different from popovers, then?
No special equipment needed
Ingredient substitutions
1 cup (8 fluid ounces) milk
4 tablespoons (56 g) unsalted butter, chopped
¾ teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup (140 g) gluten free pastry flour
4 (200 g (weighed out of shell)) eggs, at room temperature
4 ounces semi-hard cheese like Gruyère or sharp cheddar, grated
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 375°F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with unbleached.
parchment paper and set it aside.
In a medium-size saucepan, place the milk, butter, and salt, and cook over.
medium heat until the butter is melted and the mixture begins to simmer.
Turn off the heat and add the pastry flour, stirring vigorously.
Turn the heat back on to medium-low and continue to stir vigorously until the.
minutes. A thin film will form on the bottom of the pan.
Set the mixture aside to cool until no longer hot to the touch (about 3.
minutes) so you don’t scramble the eggs in the next step.
Transfer half of the dough to a food processor or blender. Pour about half of.
the eggs on top, then the rest of the dough and the remaining eggs.
Pulse the mixture in the blender or food processor until the mixture is.
Transfer the dough to a large pastry bag fitted with a large, plain piping.
tip that is about 1 -inch in diameter (or smaller for smaller puffs).
Pipe the dough onto the prepared baking sheet into about twenty mounds, each.
about 1 1/4-inches in diameter, leaving about 1 1/2-inches between puffs.
With wet fingers, gently smooth the tops of the pastries so there’s nothing.
protruding from the dough that might burn during baking.
Place the baking sheet in the center of the preheated oven and bake until.
For the most stable pastries, turn off the oven after they’re finished.
it cools, or for at least 10 minutes.
Remove the pastries from the oven and serve immediately.