Snack · 40 min · french

Gougères

Weeknight-friendly French cooking: Gougères comes together in 40 minutes with gruyère, butter, and not much else. At 259 calories and 9g protein per serving, it fits easily into a high-protein day. Leftovers keep well, so it doubles as next-day lunch without any extra work.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1 cup Gruyère
• 1/2 cup Butter
• 1 cup Flour
• 4 Eggs
• 1 cup Water
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1/4 tsp Nutmeg

Steps

1. Bring the water, butter, and salt to a rolling boil; dump in the flour all at once and stir hard until the dough pulls from the pan into a smooth ball.
2. Beat in the eggs one at a time, waiting until each is fully absorbed — the paste should be glossy and fall slowly from the spoon.
3. Fold in the grated Gruyère, Dijon, nutmeg, and black pepper.
4. Pipe or spoon walnut-sized mounds onto a lined baking sheet, spacing them wide; they puff dramatically.
5. Bake at 400°F for 20 to 22 minutes until deeply golden and crisp — do not open the oven for the first 15 minutes or they collapse.
6. Cool 5 minutes on the pan; the centers should be hollow and steamy.
7. Serve warm with apéritif wine; gougères are Burgundy’s answer to the cheese course, eaten by the handful.

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