Cheese Puffs (Gougeres)
Cheese Puffs (Gougeres)

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Cheese Puffs (Gougeres) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Cheese Puffs (Gougeres) is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Gougeres are French cheese puffs made with a choux pastry and loaded with cheese. Gougere is my favorite recipe to bake when I crave for cheesy puffs. These little packages are so good and addictive.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook cheese puffs (gougeres) using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cheese Puffs (Gougeres):
  1. Make ready 1/2 cup water
  2. Prepare 1/2 cup milk
  3. Get 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  4. Get 6 tbsp butter, cubed
  5. Get 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  6. Make ready 1 cup flour
  7. Make ready 4 eggs
  8. Get 1 cup shredded gruyere cheese
  9. Prepare 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheddar

These cheddar cheese puffs make a perfect cocktail party app! Also known as "gougeres," they're light as air and so snack-able! Very much like a savory cream puff, these bite-sized little flavor bombs are so perfect for snacking. They're made from pate a choux and loaded with lots of yummy cheese!

Steps to make Cheese Puffs (Gougeres):
  1. Preheat oven to 400F. Combine water, milk, salt, butter, and cayenne in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
  2. Take pan off heat and add flour. Beat with a wooden spoon until blended. Place pan back on medium heat and mix vigorously for 2 to 3 minutes.
  3. Remove contents of pan to the bowl of a stand mixer and let cool for 2 minutes.
  4. Beat in eggs one at a time on medium speed. Add gruyere and beat until completely blended.
  5. Using a small cookie scoop, spoon dollops of dough onto a silicone cookie sheet. Grate parmesan cheese on top, pressing in gently.
  6. Bake for 18 minutes or until puffs have doubled in size and are golden brown. Makes 36 puffs.

This classic French pastry is a perfect appetizer to serve at your holiday party. Unlike sweet cream puffs, gougeres utilize cheese and are served as appetizers. When the dough bakes, the inside becomes somewhat hollow, very much like a cream puff, making it simple to fill. That's because these cheese puff balls are made from the same pastry dough as cream puffs, a dough called pâte à choux. The difference between those two cheese puffs is the flour used, as well as the cheese.

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