Gougeres
Airy cheese puffs of choux pastry with Comte.
Ingredients
- 130 g All-purpose flour
- 90 g Butter
- 4 Egg
- 120 g Comte
- 120 ml Milk
- ½ tsp Salt
Method
- Heat the oven to 200 C (400 F).
- Grate the Comte.
- In a saucepan, bring the milk, a splash of water, the butter, and the salt to a boil. Tip in all the flour at once and beat hard with a wooden spoon until it forms a smooth paste, then keep cooking and stirring for 1-2 minutes to dry it out.
- Off the heat, beat in the eggs one at a time until the dough is glossy and just falls from the spoon, then stir in most of the grated cheese.
- Pipe walnut-size mounds onto a lined tray, top with the reserved cheese, and bake until puffed and deep golden, about 22 minutes.
- Serve warm.
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About Gougeres
Gougeres are savory French cheese puffs made from choux pastry, the same light egg dough behind eclairs and profiteroles, here folded with grated cheese instead of turned sweet. They hail from Burgundy, where they're a traditional accompaniment to a glass of wine, and they're built to be airy and hollow inside with a crisp, deep-golden shell. Comte, a nutty aged cheese from the Jura, is the classic choice and gives the puffs their savory backbone.
Fresh from the oven they're crackly outside and almost weightless within, the interior soft and steamy, carrying the toasty richness of the melted Comte in every bite. They're served warm as an aperitif nibble or a first course, perfect with a dry white or a glass of bubbles, and they disappear quickly at a gathering. The craft is entirely in the choux method: cooking the flour into a paste and drying it out over the heat, then beating in the eggs one at a time until the dough is glossy and just falls from the spoon. Get that consistency right, top the piped mounds with reserved cheese, and they puff dramatically into their signature hollow shells.
Gougeres: frequently asked questions
How many calories are in Gougeres?
A serving has about 330 calories — 13.3g protein, 18.1g carbs, 22.8g fat, 0g fiber. Figures are estimated from the ingredient amounts and will shift with your portions and brands.
Is Gougeres gluten-free?
As written, no — it contains All-purpose flour. You'd need a certified gluten-free swap for that ingredient to make it gluten-free.
Is Gougeres dairy-free?
Not as written — it uses Butter, Comte, Milk. Swapping those for a plant-based alternative makes it dairy-free.
How long does Gougeres take to make?
About 40 minutes start to finish, but only around 16 of those are hands-on — the rest is largely unattended cooking time you can step away from. In the Homecooked app the timers and parallel steps are sequenced for you so the hands-on part feels even shorter.
How many servings does Gougeres make?
This recipe makes 6 servings. In the app you can scale it up or down and the ingredient amounts adjust automatically.