Gougeres Recipe - Cooking Index
Gougeres Recipe - Cooking Index
| 1 cup | 237ml | Water - plus |
| 1 teaspoon | 5ml | Water - divided |
| 1/4 cup | 49g / 1.7oz | Unsalted butter - (1/2 stick) |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.5ml | Salt |
| 1 cup | 62g / 2.2oz | Unbleached white flour |
| 4 | Eggs - room temperature | |
| 1 | Egg white - room temperature | |
| 1 cup | 146g / 5.1oz | Grated Gruyère cheese |
| 1/2 cup | 73g / 2.6oz | Finely-grated Parmesan cheese |
| 1 | Egg yolk | |
| Optional Filling | ||
| Chicken Liver Mousse - (see recipe) |
Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Line 2 or 3 baking sheets with parchment paper. Bring 1 cup of water to a boil in a medium saucepan with the butter and salt. When the butter is completely melted, remove from the heat, and add the flour all at once. Stir briskly with a wooden spoon until the dough forms a ball, about 1 minute.
Make a well with the spoon in the middle of the dough, add one of the eggs and beat with the wooden spoon. The consistency will be strange at first -- pieces of the dough will slide off of each other -- but in about half a minute, the consistency will become uniform. Add each egg separately, beating until the consistency is uniform, then add the egg white, and beat until smooth and glossy. Beat in the cheeses.
Using a teaspoon, drop spoonfuls (about 1 1/2 to 2 inches in diameter) of the mixture onto the baking sheet, leaving about 1 inch between them. In a small bowl, lightly beat together the egg yolk and 1 teaspoon water. Brush the top of each gougère with this mixture. Bake for 10 minutes, then turn down oven to 350 degrees and bake 20 to 25 minutes more, until puffed and golden brown.
As soon as you remove them from the oven, make a small incision in each puff with a small sharp knife to release the steam (and prevent them from getting soggy inside). Serve immediately, or cool and freeze them, reheating for about 3 minutes in a 350-degree oven.
This recipe yields 3 dozen.
Each puff (main recipe): 51 calories; 3 grams protein; 2 grams carbohydrates; 0 fiber; 3 grams fat; 2 grams saturated fat; 37 mg. cholesterol; 72 mg. sodium.
Variations:
u Thyme: Stir in 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme as you add the grated cheeses.
u Blue Cheese: Substitute one-half cup crumbled blue cheese for one-half cup grated Gruyère.
u Olive And Rosemary: Stir in one-half cup chopped oil-cured pitted black olives and 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary as the cheeses are added.
u Porcini Mushroom: Rehydrate one-half ounce dried porcinis in 1 cup boiling water. Drain, pat dry and finely chop. Stir in with the cheeses.
Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 02-04-2004
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