Gougeres

Name: Gougeres
Ingredients: 2 cups water; PHILADELPHIA Original Cream Cheese, cubed; 2 tsp. salt; 2 cups flour; 8 each whole eggs; 2 each egg whites; 2 tsp. fresh thyme, chopped; 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper; 2 each Prepared egg wash

9 ingredients

12 steps

Ingredients

2 cups water
PHILADELPHIA Original Cream Cheese, cubed
2 tsp. salt
2 cups flour
8 each whole eggs
2 each egg whites
2 tsp. fresh thyme, chopped
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
2 each Prepared egg wash

Directions

1

Bring water, cream cheese and salt to boil in saucepan on medium heat.
2

Add flour; cook and stir with wooden spoon until dough pulls away from side of pan.
3

Transfer to mixer bowl fitted with paddle attachment; beat on low speed 4 min.
4

or until there is no steam.
5

Add whole eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each until blended.
6

Add egg whites, thyme and pepper; beat until well blended.
7

Transfer to clean bowl.
8

Use #40 scoop to portion dough into 80 puffs (or into 40 puffs for trial recipe) on bottoms of buttered parchment paper-lined sheet pans, allowing 2 inches between each puff.
9

Brush with egg wash.
10

Bake in 400 degrees F standard oven 15 to 18 min.
11

or until golden brown.
12

Serve warm.