Gruyere And Rosemary Gougeres Recipes

FRENCH CHEESE PUFFS (GOUGERES)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 220°C / 425°F (200°C fan). Lightly grease 2 trays then line with parchment / baking paper.
• Place water, butter and salt in a saucepan over medium high heat. Bring to a boil until butter is full melted.
• Remove from stove, add flour, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Mix until incorporated.
• Return to stove on LOW heat and mix for 1 minute (this dries the mixture out, see video for before/after).
• Remove from stove, leave for 2 minutes.
• Add 1 egg, mix vigorously until incorporated - batter splits at first, but it always comes together!
• Add 3 more eggs, one at a time, mixing until incorporated before adding the next. Good arm workout! (Or use electric beater)
• Stir in 2 cups cheese.
• Drop 1 tablespoon mounds onto trays (small cookie scoop is ideal, otherwise use a measuring tablespoon and a teaspoon to scrape out. Can make larger - good for dunking!)
• Brush with yolk, then top with a pinch of reserved Cheese for topping.
• Bake 25 minutes.
• Allow to cool for 15 minutes so they become crusty and inside dries out a bit.
• Serve warm as pre dinner nibbles, finger food at gatherings, or dunk into soups and stews!

GRUYERE AND ROSEMARY GOUGERES

Steps:

• Position a rack in the center of the oven.
• Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
• Bring the milk and butter to a simmer in a heavy-bottomed medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly to be sure the butter is completely melted by the time the milk simmers.
• Add the flour, all at once, and stir with a wooden spoon to make a thick paste.
• Decrease heat to low.
• Stir constantly until the paste comes together into a ball and films the bottom of the saucepan, about 1 minute.
• Adjust the heat as necessary so the paste cooks without burning.
• The idea here is to force off excess moisture, in the form of steam, from the paste in order to make a crisper pastry; remove the saucepan from the heat.
• Whisk 4 of the eggs in a bowl to combine them.
• One-fourth at a time, stir the beaten eggs into the hot dough in the saucepan, and stir well until the dough comes together into a glossy mass.
• Stir in the Gruyere, rosemary, mustard, salt, and pepper.
• Transfer the warm dough to a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch plain tip.
• Pipe 25 walnut-size balls of dough, about 1 inch apart, onto the baking sheet.
• Or drop the dough from a teaspoon onto the sheet.
• Beat the remaining egg well with a pinch of salt.
• Lightly brush some of the egg glaze on the mounds of dough, being sure that the egg does no drip down onto the sheet.
• Bake until the balls are puffed and golden brown, 20-25 minutes.
• If the gougeres have not baked long enough, they will deflate when taken from the oven, so bake for at least 20 minutes before checking them.
• Remove the sheet from the oven.
• Pierce each gougere with the tip of a small knife (this releases the steam from the interiors of the puffs and helps crisp them).
• Return to the oven and continue baking until the gougeres are crisp, 5-8 minutes.
• Let cool briefly on the baking sheet.