Gougères

Name: Gougères
Ingredients: Coarse sea salt and Freshly ground black pepper; Good pinch of ground nutmeg; Coarse sea salt and Freshly ground black pepper; 100 g (3½ oz ) Emmental Francais or a lighter style Gruyère, grated, plus extra for sprinkling; 100 g (3½ oz ) Emmental Francais or a lighter style Gruyère, grated, plus extra for sprinkling; 200 g (7 oz ) unbleached plain flour, plus extra in reserve; 4 large organic free-range eggs; 125 ml (4 fl oz ) plain water, filtered for preference; 50 g (1¾ oz ) unsalted butter; 125 ml (4 fl oz ) full-fat organic milk

Preparation info

Makes about
24

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cheese

By Patricia Michelson

Published 2010

About

These make a great dinner party appetizer or party canapé and they are also a good way of using up odd bits of strongly flavoured hard cheese.

Ingredients

125 ml (4 fl oz ) plain water, filtered for preference
125 ml (4

Dinner
Starter
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Line two baking sheets with baking paper. In a medium-sized, heavy-based saucepan add the water, milk, butter and a pinch of salt, then slowly bring to the boil.
Remove from the heat, add the flour and beat with a