Gougère (Choux Pastry) Stuffed with Beef Recipe

 

Recipe: Gougère (Choux Pastry) Stuffed with Beef

Gougère recipe

Gougère is a baked choux pastry. The dough is usually mixed with cheese. This recipe contains no cheese. For this recipe, I filled the pastry with beef. You can make the fillings with smoked salmon and cream cheese or canned tuna. Feel free to adapt to your taste.

 

Beat the eggs into the dough, one at a time until fully incorporated into the batter

Beat the eggs into the dough, one at a time until fully incorporated into the batter

one tablespoon-size batter formed into balls

one tablespoon-size batter formed into balls

beef filling

beef filling

Gougère

Ingredients for the choux pastry

  • 1 cup water
  • ¼ cup butter
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Ingredients for the filling

  • ½ lb ground beef
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • Thyme, salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 420°F, rack in middle position.
  2. In a saucepan, combine the water, butter, salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Add the flour and stir it in with a wooden spoon until a smooth dough forms. Remove from heat.
  3. Beat the eggs into the dough, one at a time until fully incorporated into the batter.
  4. Place about one tablespoon-size batter formed into balls on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Makes about 20-25 balls.
  5. Bake for about 20 minutes, until golden brown.
  6. In the meantime, prepare the filling by cooking the beef in a pan over medium heat.
  7. Add the tomato, thyme, salt and pepper.
  8. The filling should be quite dry or else the choux pastry will be soggy.
  9. Once the choux pastry is cooled, add about 1 teaspoon of filling inside (the inside of the choux pastry should be hollow).

Preparation time: 20 minute(s)

Cooking time: 30 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 6

Culinary tradition: French

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