How To Make Lemon-Parsley Gougères
Want to learn how to make a French dish easily? Then this gougeres recipe has it, by giving you savory puff pastry flavored with tangy lemon and herbs.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 6tbspunsalted butter
- 1tspcoarse salt
- ¼tspcayenne pepper
- ¾cupall purpose flour
- 5large eggs
- 1lemon zest
- 3scallions
- 3tbspfresh curly leaf parsley,finely chopped
Instructions
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Bring 1 cup of water, butter, salt, and cayenne to a boil in a heavy 4-quart saucepan; boil until the butter has melted. Remove from heat, then stir in the flour.
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Return to burner; cook, stirring, for about 2 minutes more, until mixture comes together and pulls away from the pan.
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Remove from heat. Using a wooden spoon, beat in 4 eggs, 1 at a time, until they are incorporated and smooth. Stir in the zest, scallions, and parsley.
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Transfer mixture to a piping bag, and cut a ½-inch opening. Pipe 1-inch rounds onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper.
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Alternatively, drop rounded teaspoons of batter onto baking sheets lined with parchment. *
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Whisk together remaining egg and 1 teaspoon of water in a small bowl; lightly brush on top of each puff.
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Bake for about 20 minutes, until lightly golden brown.
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Serve immediately.
Recipe Notes
*If not using immediately, freeze up to 1 month in airtight containers or resealable plastic bags.
Nutrition
- Calories: 166.44kcal
- Fat: 11.75g
- Saturated Fat: 6.47g
- Trans Fat: 0.36g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.40g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.98g
- Carbohydrates: 9.87g
- Fiber: 0.64g
- Sugar: 0.35g
- Protein: 5.36g
- Cholesterol: 139.15mg
- Sodium: 141.74mg
- Calcium: 28.22mg
- Potassium: 78.13mg
- Iron: 1.20mg
- Vitamin A: 127.51µg
- Vitamin C: 3.23mg
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