Gougeres

Gougeres

5T butter
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp fresh blk pepper
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1C flour
1C grated gruyere cheese
5 Lg. eggs, room temp (very important)

Preheat 425. Add butter, s&p, nutmeg and 1 cup water to med. saucepan & boil over med.high heat. When butter melts, reduce to low. Add flour all at once & cook over low heat, beating w/ wooden spoon -1 min. or until mix pulls away from sides of pan. Remove from heat.

Add cheese to pan and beat in w/ a wooden spoon until well mixed. Add 4 of the eggs, one at a time, beating each egg into the batter until thoroughly absorbed. Continue beating mix until it is smooth, shiny & firm.

Drop batter in small spoonfuls onto a lightly greased cookie sheet to form the gougeres. Beat remaining egg w/ 1/2 T water and brush the tops w/ the egg wash.

Bake in upper third of oven for 15-20 mins. or until golden & doubled in size. Remove from oven serve hot or all to cool to room temp.

Makes 3 dozen.