2012 Cooking Club Week 28: Gourgères

Hey guys! I'm making Gourgères. They are essentially Cheese Puffs. I learned how to make these when i was living in France last year. The reason I'm doing them for my week is because they are so simple to make and really tasty also! When i made them i actually forgot to buy chives so i added more cheese :pac: They didnt quite turn out right when i did them and sorry for the crap camera quality

What you need:

• 125ml water
• 40g of butter, cut into cubes
• 1/4 teaspoon of salt
• generous pinch of Chilli Powder or Black Pepper (I like to use a mixture of the two)
• 70g of Flour
• 2 large eggs
• 12 chives, finely chopped/minced (Optional)
• About 90g of grated Gruyère cheese, but if you dont have it, you can substitute any other grated cheese!

Method

1) Preheat the oven to 220C and line a tray with greaseproof paper.

2) Heat the water, butter salt and Chilli/Pepper in a saucepan until the butter has melted


3) Add all over the flour and stir quickly and firmly until it pulls away from the sides to form a small ball and leave rest for 3 minutes


4) Add the eggs one at a time and stirring quickly to make sure the eggs dont "cook". It may appear lumpy at first but it does smooth out.

5) Add your chives and 3/4 of the cheese and stir well

6) Mould your mixture into small balls around the size of cherry tomatoes. You can use a piping bag or if you are like me and dont have one you can put it into a sandwich bag into one particular corner with pressure on it, cut off a small corner and use it that way or use wet hands to create them or two wet spoons work also.


7) Top up each puff with the remaining cheese and place in the oven


8) Bake for 10 mins then turn down the oven to 190C and bake for an additional 20 to 25 minutes until they are golden brown!



They are best served warm. But it is possible to make them in advance the night before. All you need to do is heat them in a low oven for 5-10 mins before serving!

Enjoy!