Recipes & How-To's
Choux Pastry

Choux Pastry

Choux pastries, such as gougères, are great to have on the menu. Baked pastries freeze well and only need about 4 - 6 minutes in the oven at 350°F to crisp before serving.

Cook time

30 mins

Recipe Difficulty

Hard

Yield

Makes 24

Ingredients

  • ½ cup water
  • ¼ cup salted butter
  • ⅛ tsp salt
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 large eggs

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
  2. Combine water, butter and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Reduce heat and add flour. Stir vigorously until mixture is smooth and pulls away from sides of pan, forming a ball, about 1 minute. Remove from heat and let cool for 5 minutes.
  3. Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Choux pastry should be smooth and glossy.
  4. Spoon mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a large plain tip. Pipe mixture into mounds, each measuring about 1½ inches in diameter, 1½ inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets. Alternatively, spoon mounds of mixture onto parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
  5. Bake for 15 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F and continue baking until puffed and golden, about 15 minutes. Cool on a rack. May be frozen in an airtight container for up to 1 month.

Nutritional analysis per serving

*Ingredient not included in nutritional analysis.

32 calories, 2.3 g fat, 0.8 g protein, 2 g carbohydrate, 0.1 g fibre, 34 mg sodium