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Gougere Bread

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This fabulous recipe is simply a cream puff dough with cubed and grated cheese added. It makes a wonderful accompaniment to salads for lunch.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 40 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • pinch of pepper
  • 2 cups flour
  • 8 eggs, at room temperature
  • 8 oz. Gruyere or Swiss cheese, cut into small cubes
  • 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese

Preparation:

In large saucepan, combine milk, butter, salt, and pepper and bring to a rolling boil. All at once, add the flour. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until the mixture forms a ball and leaves the sides of the pan clean.

Remove pan from heat and beat in the eggs, one at a time, making sure each egg is thoroughly beaten into the batter before adding the next. You can use a hand-held electric mixture or a wooden spoon for this step. Mix in the cubed cheese.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease two cookie sheets or line with Silpat or parchment paper. Scoop out dough, using a 1/4 cup measuring cup, and place them on prepared cookie sheets in the shape of a ring, leaving a space in the middle about 3" in diameter.

Repeat on second cookie sheet to make a second ring. Brush gougeres with a little more milk and sprinkle each one with 2 Tbsp. of the grated Parmesan cheese.

Bake at 375 degrees F for about 40-50 minutes, until the breads are well puffed, firm, and golden brown. Serve immediately! 8-10 servings

User Reviews

 5 out of 5
Cheese Puff Kisses, Guest Ann

I used the recipe with these changes: I put a star tip on a pastry bag and made teaspoon-sized kisses which I baked for about 15 minutes in my convection oven. I cut a slit in the side of the kisses to let steam out. When they were cool I use a tube tip on the pastry bag and inserted about 2/3 Pub Cheese (a whipped sharp cheddar found in the grocery's dairy case) . Guests gobbled them up. I also baked a batch, to which I added a few dashes of Tabasco sauce, opened the oven door,turned off the heat and let them dry. They were good even unfilled.

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