- Gougères.
A gougère in French cuisine, is a baked savory choux pastry made of choux dough mixed with cheese.
About thirty bite-sized puffs.
Two things to keep in mind when making these.
One is that you should have all the ingredients ready to go before you start.
Don’t let the water and butter boil away while you grate the cheese.
Otherwise you’ll lose too much of the water.
Second is to let the batter cool for a few minutes before adding the eggs so you don’t ‘cook’ them.
Make sure when you stir in the eggs that you do it vigorously, and without stopping.
I’m not a fan of extra dishes to wash, but the intrepid can put the dough in a food processor or use an electric mixer to add and mix the eggs in quickly.
