Gougere

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• fresh ground pepper
• 1 cup flour
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup grated swiss cheese or 1 cup parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 425.
• 2 butter a cookie sheet and cover with a fine layer of flour.
• 3 in a saucepan, combine water, butter, salt and pepper. bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until the butter has completely melted. reduce heat to medium. add in flour and stir continuously until the mixture has formed a ball and cleared the sides of the pan.
• 4 remove from heat.
• 5 beat the eggs in one at a time, beating well each time.
• 6 stir in all but 2 tablespoons of the cheese.
• 7 drop the dough by tablespoon onto the cookie sheet, forming a ring. it should be about 8 inches in diameter with a 2-inch space in the middle. so each individual piece is about 3 inches long.
• 8 sprinkle the ring with leftover cheese.
• 9 bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until puffed and golden brown.