Best GruyÈre GougÈres Recipes

GRUYERE GOUGERES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine water, butter, and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and immediately add flour. Stir quickly with a wooden spoon for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
• Return pan to heat and stir to let excess moisture evaporate, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Scoop dough into the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Let cool slightly.
• Add 3/4 cup Gruyere cheese, cayenne, and black pepper to the dough. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, scraping down the bowl after each addition. If mixture still clings to the beaters, add a fourth egg.
• Pipe or spoon tablespoonfuls of dough 2 inches apart onto a the prepared baking sheet. Add a small pinch of remaining Gruyere cheese on top of each puff.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Lower temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C), and bake until puffed and golden brown, about 15 minutes more.

GRUYERE GOUGERES

Steps:

• Place water, butter, salt and sugar in a pot and bring to a boil. Add all the flour and mix with a wooden spoon until dough is formed (about two minutes). Transfer dough into mixer with paddle attachment and mix on medium to slightly cool the mixture. Add the eggs one at a time making sure to incorporating each fully (the batter should be silky smooth). Add the cheese and white pepper to taste.
• Pipe quarter size puffs on parchment paper and bake in oven 450 for 7-8 minutes, then reduce heat to 350 and cook for an additional 20-25 minutes until the gougeres are puffed and golden brown. Sobel likes topping his with a sliver of cured ham and a fried quail egg. You don't need to be that fancy though, because these taste darn good on their own.

GRUYÈRE GOUGÈRES

Steps:

• Preparation Gruyère Gougères 1 Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Line two half-sheet pans with parchment paper. 2 In a medium (preferably not nonstick) saucepan heat the water until steaming. Add the butter, salt, sugar, mustard, and cayenne pepper. Lower the heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until the butter has completely melted. 3 Slowly add the flour to the hot liquid while stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon. Keep stirring until the flour is completely incorporated, and the mixture comes together into a tacky ball that pulls away from the sides of the pan when stirred. 4 Transfer the dough to the bowl of a stand mixer and beat in the eggs, one at a time, until they're absorbed by the batter and it's smooth, sticky, and waxy in appearance. Fold in the gruyère. 5 Fill a pastry bag with the gougère dough, and pipe one-inch swirls of dough onto the parchment-lined pans. Using damp fingertips, gently smooth down any spikes (from where the pastry bag was lifted up) in the dough, so that they don't get too brown. 6 Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until they've puffed up and are lightly brown on top. After they've cooled for a couple minutes, use the tip of a very sharp knife to poke a small slit in the side of each gougère to release steam and prevent them from turning soggy. Serve warm (or rewarm in the oven before serving, if they're cool). Notes Tips While gruyère is traditional, other sharp, nutty cheeses can be substituted (sharp cheddar, like Cabot clothbound, would be particularly lovely).

GOUGERES WITH GRUYERE MORNAY AND BEER MUSTARD

Steps:

• For the gougeres: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper.
• In a medium saucepot combine the milk, sea salt, sugar and butter, and bring to a boil. Add the flour and cook until thoroughly incorporated, about 2 minutes. Transfer the mixture to the bowl of stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix until the dough is the temperature of warm tap water, about 30 seconds. Add the eggs, one at a time, until smooth. Fold in half of the gruyere and some pepper.
• Transfer the batter to a pastry bag fitted with a 3/8-inch round pastry tip. Pipe 1-inch-wide rounds on the prepared baking sheets 2-inches apart, about 60 total. Sprinkle the top with the remaining gruyere and some black pepper.
• Wet a fingertip and press down lightly to remove the point on each gougere. Bake for 8 minutes and rotate. Bake until the gougeres are golden brown, another 4 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
• For the Mornay: In a medium saucepot set over low heat, melt the butter and sweat the shallots and garlic for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add the flour and cook until it smells toasted, 2 minutes. Add the milk and bring to a boil, stirring continuously so no lumps form. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook until the sauce reaches the desired consistency. Slowly add the gruyere and Parmigiano-Reggiano, and stir until smooth. Add the mustard and season with salt and pepper. Transfer the Mornay to a bowl and cool in the fridge or set over ice. When cool, transfer to a piping bag fitted with a small tip.
• For the sauce: In a large bowl, combine the mayonnaise, mustard, beer extract powder, honey, mustard powder and vinegar, and whisk thoroughly to remove the lumps. Season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Fill the gougeres with the Mornay sauce and reheat in the oven to melt the cheese, 5 minutes. Serve the hot gougeres with the beer mustard.