It’s a cold, over cast Sunday and you are looking for something to bake, well I have a great recipe for you that only takes a couple of hours. This tastes great all by itself or with your favorite dip like spinach, vegetable or cheese.
Ingredients;
1 1/2 cup water
11 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
6 eggs
8 oz Gruyere cheese (shredded)
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and line 2 1/2 sheet pans with parchment paper. Also locate a large pastry bag and attach a large star tip.
In a medium sauce pan add in the water, butter and salt, bring to a boil. Add in the flour and stir until well blended and the dough pulls away from the pan. Remove from the heat and place the dough into the bowl of a stand mixer. With a whip attachment at a medium speed blend in all but about 1 ounce of the cheese and mix the dough until the temperature of the dough cools down below 100 degrees. Slowly add in one egg at a time allowing the dough to develop into a sticky paste like texture. Place the batter into a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip. Form 1 1/2 ” star dough shapes onto the parchment paper approximately 1″ apart. Sprinkle the remaining cheese onto the tops of the batter then bake at 400 degrees in the center of your oven for 20 minutes. Reduce the heat to 350 degrees and continue to bake an additional 20 minutes. Turn off the oven. Leave the cheese puffs in the oven while it cools which will allow the interior of the puffs to dry out.
Enjoy
Chef Brian Klauss
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