Description
Served with buttery gougères, make this spring inspired cheese board complete with chives, ramps, and spicy radishes.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup Water
- 8 Tbsp 1 stick Unsalted Butter
- 1½ tsp Salt
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 4 Eggs + 1 Egg (for brushing the tops)
- 1 Tbsp finely chopped Chives (or substitute any fresh herbs)
- 1 Tbsp finely chopped Pickled Ramps (store-bought or homemade)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F / 204C. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray it lightly with nonstick cooking spray.
- Combine water, butter and salt in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil. Remove the pan from heat and whisk in the flour. Return the pan to heat and stir until the batter forms a smooth paste and pulls away from the sides of the pan.
- Transfer dough to the bowl of a standing mixer and mix a few times on low to cool (this will prevent the eggs from scrambling in the hot dough).
- Turn the mixer on low speed and add 4 eggs one at a time, allowing each to incorporate fully before adding the next. Increase the speed and beat on medium until smooth.
- Add chives and ramps and mix just until evenly incorporated.
- Use a pastry bag or Tablespoon to transfer even portions of dough to prepared baking sheet (this should make about 30 Tablespoon-sized gougeres). Whisk the final egg and brush it over the top of the gougeres.
- Bake gougeres until lightly golden on top and puffed (the insides should sound hollow when you tap the outside), 20 to 25 minutes.
- Serve warm.
- Category: Appetizer