Blue Cheese Gougères

Name: Blue Cheese Gougères
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 158 milliliters all purpose flour; 79 milliliters finely crumbled Danish blue cheese; 59 milliliters dry white wine; 3 larges eggs, room temperature; 1 teaspoons freshly ground pepper; 0 teaspoons salt; 59 milliliters (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cubed; 59 milliliters water

Blue Cheese Gougères might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 1g of protein, 2g of fat, and a total of 40 calories. This vegetarian recipe serves 24. A mixture of water, danish cheese, pepper, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F. Line large rimmedbaking sheet with parchment.

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Combine first5 ingredients in heavy medium saucepan.Bring to boil over medium heat, stirringuntil butter is melted. Stir in flour; reduceheat to medium-low. Stir vigorously untilmixture forms large dough clumps andfilm forms on bottom of saucepan, about 1minute.

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Butter

Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; cool 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, whisk eggs in mediumbowl.

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Egg

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Whisk

Transfer 1 tablespoon beaten egg tosmall bowl and reserve.

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Egg

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Bowl

Add 1/3 of remainingbeaten eggs to dough in saucepan; whiskuntil well incorporated.

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Dough

Egg

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Add remainingeggs in 2 additions, stirring until eggs arecompletely absorbed after each addition(dough will be sticky).

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Dough

Egg

Mix in blue cheese.

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Blue Cheese

Drop dough by teaspoonfuls ontobaking sheet, forming about 24 walnut-sizemounds and spacing about 1 inch apart.Using pastry brush, brush each mound withreserved egg, flattening any pointed tops.

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Walnuts

Dough

Egg

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Bake gougères until puffed, goldenbrown, and dry, about 30 minutes. Do AHEAD: Can be made up to 1 week ahead.Cool completely.

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Place in airtight containersand store in freezer. Rewarm on bakingsheet in 350°F oven until heated through,about 5 minutes.

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Serve warm.

To make it easierto drop the sticky gougère dough onto thebaking sheet, lightly spray the spoon withnonstick vegetable oil spray. To be sure thatthe gougères are fully baked, pierce the topof one with a small sharp knife. The insideshould be hollow and dry. Don’t underbakethe gougères, as they may collapse.

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Vegetable Oil