184. Bombe Composte

Pastry Puffs with Cheese and Mortadella

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

  • About

These puffs must have first exploded in Bologna.39 Their charge of cheese and mortadella inclines me to such belief. In any case, enjoy them, for they do honor to their inventor.

Ingredients

  • 180 grams (about 6-⅓ ounces) of water
  • 120 grams (about 4-¼

Method

Put the water on the fire with the butter and salt. When it begins to boil, add the cheese cut into small pieces and the flour all at once, stirring vigorously. Keep the flour on the fire for about 10 minutes, stirring constantly, then allow to cool. Work the dough with a wooden spoon as much as possible over and over again, adding one egg at a time, first the yolk and then the white, beaten st