Gougere Cheese pastry - butter

Method

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Bring water to boil in deep saucepan and drop in butter.
• When butter has melted, remove pot from heat and add flour immediately.
• Stir with wooden spoon until soft ball forms.
• Put pot back over medium heat to dry out paste.
• Cook 4 to 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Thin crust will form on bottom of pot; do not scrape it up.
• After 4 or 5 minutes dough should not stick to fingers when pinched.
• Remove from heat.
• Add eggs, one by one, incorporating each thoroughly.
• Sprinkle in all but 2 tablespoons of cheese.
• Butter a cake mold with center tube or a regular cake pan.
• Using large soup spoon, remove pieces of dough and, using another spoon, drop around rim of dish.
• Small space should remain in between each for expansion.
• Sprinkle remaining cheese over dough.
• Bake 30 minutes.