Ham gougères

Name: Ham gougères
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 250 ml (8 fl oz) milk; 50 g (1¾ oz) Gruyère cheese, grated; 1 egg, beaten with a pinch of salt; 100 g (3¼ oz) smoked ham, finely diced; 1 quantity choux pastry; 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter; pinch of white pepper; 1 tablespoon Gruyère or Parmesan cheese, grated; 30 g (1 oz) plain flour; 1 teaspoon English mustard; pinch of cayenne pepper

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

Quiches & Pastries

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

Traditionally a gougère is a round or ring-shaped cheese choux pastry. This variation uses plain choux pastry and a sprinkling of cheese to make small puffs that are then filled with a creamy smoked-ham and cheese sauce.

Ingredients

1 quantity choux pastry
1 egg, beaten with a pinch of salt

Starter
Pastry

Method

Grease a baking tray and refrigerate until needed. Preheat the oven to moderately hot 200°C (400°F/Gas 6). Spoon the pastry into a piping bag fitted with a 1 cm (½ inch) plain nozzle. Pipe 12 rounds of pastry onto the prepared baking tray approximately 1 cm (½ i