I have an assload of blue cheese left over from the
p:ear benefit dinner so I reached out to twitter for ideas with what to do with it. One person suggested gougères and since I had no fucking clue what they were, I had to try it. Turns out they are just puff balls with cheese in them but they are super fantastic. This only took a small chunk out of my blue cheese arsenal so there will be many more blue cheese dishes to come. Let's begin:
Dump 1c water, 1 stick butter, and a sprinkle of salt in a med-large pot. Don't use too much salt because the cheese itself is already very salty. Put the pot over medium heat and when the butter has completely melted, remove it from heat and stir in 1c flour. Once the flour has been completely incorporated, take the dough out of the pot and put it in a mixing bowl (not metal, stupid). Beat in three eggs, one at a time. Make sure each one has been fully mixed into the dough before adding the next. This is very important. If you do not do this, you will fuck it all up. Finally, mix in 1c of crumbled blue cheese.
Place down medium globs of dough using a soup spoon as measurement. Bake at 375 deg for about 30-35 min. When they are nice and browned, turn off the oven and open the door a crack to let them cool down gradually. "Why?" Don't fucking ask questions. Just do it. These were really easy to make and totally delicious. I will definitely be making them again. Also I guess the traditional cheese to use is gruyère but fuck that. Eat it.
Dump 1c water, 1 stick butter, and a sprinkle of salt in a med-large pot. Don't use too much salt because the cheese itself is already very salty. Put the pot over medium heat and when the butter has completely melted, remove it from heat and stir in 1c flour. Once the flour has been completely incorporated, take the dough out of the pot and put it in a mixing bowl (not metal, stupid). Beat in three eggs, one at a time. Make sure each one has been fully mixed into the dough before adding the next. This is very important. If you do not do this, you will fuck it all up. Finally, mix in 1c of crumbled blue cheese. 
Place down medium globs of dough using a soup spoon as measurement. Bake at 375 deg for about 30-35 min. When they are nice and browned, turn off the oven and open the door a crack to let them cool down gradually. "Why?" Don't fucking ask questions. Just do it. These were really easy to make and totally delicious. I will definitely be making them again. Also I guess the traditional cheese to use is gruyère but fuck that. Eat it.
10 comments:
Wow. I bet these are amazing. If I want to commit suicide by cholesterol, I'll know at least one way to do it.
Gougeres are awesome. Like fancy hush puppies.
I would totally eat those with a nice salsa on top ;-)
I am actually using the leftovers as a bread topping on a blue cheese and red potato gratin.
Mmmm...I haven't made gougeres in years...and I have some gorgonzola cheese just begging to be used up.
=^..^=
nice....they actually look like the little plugs that stuff up the system.
Ok, next, stuff some fucking olives with the blue cheese, after you pop them nasty pimentos out, and back into the brine!
Shit. I totally would have put it in a metal mixing bowl. I suck at life. Thanks for remembering some of us are borderline shortbus and need the extra explanation.
Calling what comes out of that pot with 1c of flour 'dough' is being fucking generous. Since it looked like pancake batter I added in another cup of flour at the end but I still ended up with flat-ass, mostly flavorless discs. What's the deal?
So you fucked it up, huh? That is weird it didn't rise and you had to use more flour. These are the exact measurements I used and as you can see they turned out perfectly. 90% of the flavor comes from the blue cheese. The dough is just a vehicle.
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