A gougère is the savory side of a little French pastry more commonly known as Pâte à Choux (pat-a-shoo). The only ingredients are water, butter, sugar, salt, flour, eggs, and cheese.
What’s interesting about choux dough is instead of using a raising agent like baking powder, it utilizes high moisture ingredients to create steam during the cooking time which fills the pastry with air. The end result is a light, creamy puff. They’re super easy to make, look beautiful right out of the oven, and they taste like a little bite of fluffy, cheesy perfection!
Serve gougère’s as an appetizer with champagne or a light crisp white wine or even as an accompaniment to a bowl of your favorite soup.