Curry cheese puffs

These cheese puffs are so moreish, you will eat them all in one go! The recipe is inspired from my mum’s Gougères – savoury cheese puffs originating in the region of Bourgogne, made with Compté or Gruyère cheese. My mum serves them at all her parties, and they’re really such an easy treat for an apéritif. For this version, I’ve reached into my spice cupboard and dug out some curry powder and Everything Bagel Seasoning, which I bought on a recent trip to the US. Since you can’t buy Everything Bagel Seasoning in our lands, I’ve made my own mix.

This recipe aired in my Xmas Baking show on RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg in December 2022. You can find the recipe here in Luxembourgish.

December 29, 2022

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Curry cheese puffs

125ml full-fat milk
125ml water
100g butter
1 tsp salt
140g flour
2 tsp curry powder
4 large eggs
120g cheddar, grated
pepper

For the egg wash:
1 egg
a bit of everything bagel seasoning

Everything bagel seasoning:
1 tsp poppy seeds
1 ½ tsp sesame seeds
1 ½ tsp black sesame seeds
1 tsp dried garlic granules
1 tsp dried onion granules
½ tsp salt
pepper

Makes 60 gougères – Prep: 40’ – Oven: 25’ – Vegetarian

Preheat the oven to 175°C fan.

Put the milk, water, butter and salt in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Mix the flour and curry powder and add in one go to the melted butter, beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until the dough forms a ball.

Take the saucepan off the heat and add one egg, beating vigorously to incorporate it into the dough. It will at first look like it won’t come together, but just keep on beating. Repeat with the remaining eggs.

Once all the eggs are incorporated, fold through the grated cheese and season with pepper.

Transfer the batter into a piping bag and pipe little 3cm mounts on a baking tray lined with baking paper.

Make the Everything bagel seasoning by mixing all the ingredients in a little bowl.

Mix the egg and bush each puff with the egg, sprinkle with bagel seasoning, then bake in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.

These are best eaten hot.

TIP: You can freeze them and reheat the defrosted gougères in a 160°C fan oven for 5 minutes before serving.

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