Ingredients
- 2 cups + 1 tablespoon water
- 1 stick + 6 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 cups + 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 10 eggs
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoons Gruyere cheese
- White pepper to taste
Instructions
- 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.