Gougères

Name: Gougères
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 125ml water and 125ml milk; 100g butter; 150g plain flour; 4 eggs; 150g Gruyère or Comté, grated; Salt, pepper and nutmeg

Gougères/goo-ZHAIR/

Also known as: Gougere, French Cheese Puffs, Burgundy Cheese Puffs

About this dish

Light, airy cheese puffs made from choux pastry with Gruyère or Comté, crisp outside and hollow within.

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Ingredients

💧125ml water and 125ml milk

🧈100g butter

🌾150g plain flour

🥚4 eggs

🧀150g Gruyère or Comté, grated

🌰Salt, pepper and nutmeg

Method

Serves 4

Bring the water, milk, butter and salt to the boil.

Tip in the flour and stir hard until the dough leaves the sides of the pan.

Cool briefly, then beat in the eggs one at a time, followed by most of the cheese.

Pipe small mounds on a tray and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.

Bake at 200°C (400°F) for 20–25 minutes until puffed and golden. Serve warm.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Gougères come from Burgundy, where they're served with a glass of wine in cellars and at aperitif time.

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