Chef John's Party Cheese Puffs recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup water
¼ cup butter
1 pinch salt
½ cup flour
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
½ cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese, divided

Nutrition Info

84.3 calories
carbohydrate: 4.2 g
cholesterol: 46.1 mg
fat: 6.3 g
fiber: 0.2 g
protein: 2.8 g
saturatedFat: 3.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 81.5 mg
sugar: 0.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat.

  2. Stir water, butter, and salt together in a pot, bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium and whisk flour into butter mixture until a paste-like dough forms, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer dough to a bowl to cool until warm, 5 to 10 minutes.

  3. Whisk 1 egg, thyme, and black pepper into cooled dough until egg is completely incorporated. Add remaining egg and whisk until completely incorporated into dough. Stir 3/4 the cheese into dough until combined. Scoop 1-inch balls of dough onto prepared baking sheet. Top each with remaining cheese.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until golden and puffed, 15 to 20 minutes.

Recipe Yield

12 servings

Recipe Note

These beautiful cheese puffs, gougeres, are as easy as they are delicious. Usually Gruyere cheese is used but I had some very sharp farmhouse Cheddar cheese in the fridge, so I decided to use that. As long as you are using a very sharp, full-flavored cheese I don't think you can go wrong. I love gougeres with Gruyere, but I think the extra-sharp Cheddar was just as good.

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