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Gougères

Gougères are small cheese choux pastries, sometimes (like here) with bits of ham.

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

For 40 Gougères, you will need:

1 450 g Choux pastry (pâte à choux)
2 50 g grated cheese
3 2 slices smoked ham (optional)
4 1 tablespoon milk (optional)
Total weight: 575 grams

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Time required

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
36 min.	20 min.	56 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Prepare 450 g Choux pastry (pâte à choux).

Preheat oven to 390°F (200°C).

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Add 50 g grated cheese, setting aside 1 tbs for topping.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Mix well.

If you choose to add ham, take 2 slices smoked ham and cut in small pieces to add to mixture.

Stage 4 - 10 min.

With a forcing bag make small heaps of mixture, about the size of an olive.

If you don't have a forcing bag use 2 teaspoons instead.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

If necessary, if the heap has got a point on top, flatten with a teaspoon dipped in milk.

Stage 6 - 1 min.

Divide remaining cheese over the top of heaps.

Stage 7 - 20 min.

Put in the oven and cook about 20 minutes until gougères are golden brown. Place on a cooling rack.

Remarks

Serve as soon as possible, try to not leave to cool, much better hot or warm.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 40 Gougères : 2.46 €
Per Gougères : 0.06 €

Note : These prices are only approximate

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Choux pastry (pâte à choux): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Puits d'amour, Pets de nonne, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Paris-Brest, Valay-Brest, ... All
	Grated cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Stuffed artichokes au gratin, Thin endive tart, Stuffed cabbage leaves, Cheese tart, Ham "friand" pie, ... All

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Your 1 comments or questions on this recipe

These look heavenly, JH. I would love to try to bake my own someday. Thank you for such clear, easy instructions.
Posted by Louise august 25^th 2009 at 12:33 (n° 1)

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