How to Make Gougeres

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds a cheesy flavor.

Chop the smoked bacon into strips.

Place the chopped bacon into a cold pan to cook until crispy.

Remove the cooked bacon from the pan and place it on a paper towel-lined plate, leaving the bacon fat in the pan.

Measure out 4 oz of bacon fat; if there is not enough, add butter to make up the difference.

In a saucepan, combine 1 cup of water, the bacon fat, and butter, and turn the heat to high.

Add 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of cracked black pepper to the mixture.

Bring the mixture to a boil.

Once boiling, add 1 cup of flour and cook for about 60 seconds until a film forms on the bottom of the pan.

Crack 5 large eggs into a bowl to avoid shell pieces, then add them to the pastry dough one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

Add 1 cup of grated Gruyere cheese, the minced scallions, and the cooked bacon to the dough and mix until combined.

Preheat the oven to 400°F (425°F for non-convection ovens).

Scoop the dough onto a parchment-lined sheet pan using a small ice cream scoop.

Bake in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes until golden brown.

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