I love Dorie. She is my Julia Child. I've joined her French Fridays with Dorie group, that cooks their way through Dorie Greenspan's new cookbook, Around My French Table. So,...I'm not the best cook. I really LOVE to bake,...but I'm not the best baker either. I'm inexperienced. I was introduced to Dorie when my husband gave me Julia Child's grand baking book, Baking with Julia. Dorie was the editor. Let me tell you--- Around My French Table is a gorgeous book. Big and beautiful. Being a vegetarian, I know there are plenty of recipes I will not be able to make. But, I will do what I can.
The first recipe is for Gougères. I didn't know what they were, but my Francophile husband did. He can remember where he ate them and what they tasted like. Here is what Wikipedia says: "A gougère, in French cuisine, is a savory choux pastry with cheese. Grated cheese may be mixed into the batter, cubes of cheese may be pushed into the top, or both."
The first recipe is for Gougères. I didn't know what they were, but my Francophile husband did. He can remember where he ate them and what they tasted like. Here is what Wikipedia says: "A gougère, in French cuisine, is a savory choux pastry with cheese. Grated cheese may be mixed into the batter, cubes of cheese may be pushed into the top, or both."
The first recipe in Dorie's new book. I made it a week early figuring I'd screw something up (for a change, har-de-har-har). But no. I didn't. They came out perfectly. Perfectly beautiful. Rustic but cute. Everything Dorie said to do WORKED. In looking at other people's posts, mine look just like theirs! I did it!
I used shredded Parmesan cheese from Shop and Stop, per my husband's suggestion. I certainly could have used Comte, being a major Comte lover,...but went the lazy route and used Parm. I will certainly try this recipe with other cheeses. (Maybe I can make variations when everyone else is cooking meat products). I have a beautiful white Kitchen Aid mixer, but I used my hand mixer and everything came out just fine. I used parchment paper on my baking sheets. I particularly enjoyed rotating my baking sheets, top to bottom, front to back.
I love these little Gougères - this is a no fail recipe and I will make them over and over!
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Great job! I love your provencal napkin!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your parmesan cheese results. I, too, am *kinda* vegetarian. I do like fish, but I hardly ever use meat when I cook. Maybe just when my hubby requests a pot roast for his b-day, but then i load it up with tons of veggies cause i know that's what i'll be eating. i think i'm going to try to cook some of the meat recipes just cause i'd like to learn/try new things and I think i'll try just leaving the meat out of some recipes. Anyways, it will be fun to see what vegetarian cooks come up with for some of these recipes.
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