French Salted Cheese Puffs

Overview

It was a rainy day on the weekend and I was resting at home. I happened to make some hot snacks to share with my family. Common sweet cream puffs are greasy, but this French salty cheese puff is crispy on the outside, soft on the inside, salty and delicious, and very delicious. It uses simple ingredients, does not require any additives, and the method is not complicated. There is no need to beat eggs. After mastering a few key points, the success rate is extremely high. Watching the coin-sized batter slowly expand into egg-sized puffs in the oven is like magic, very interesting. Let’s take a look at how to do it next.

Tags

• baking
• afternoon tea
• coriander
• egg
• high gluten flour
• shredded mozzarella cheese
• unsalted butter
• black pepper
• salt
• water

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Prepare all the ingredients and preheat the oven to 220 degrees for 10 minutes.

   

2. 2 Weigh out an appropriate amount of wheat flour for golden arowana bread, sift it and set aside. You can also use cake flour instead of wheat flour.

   

3. 3 Melt the unsalted butter, water, black pepper and salt in a small pot over low heat until it boils.

   

4. 4 Pour in the sifted flour and mix well with a wooden spatula until a thin film forms on the bottom. Remove from heat. The flour must be in a gelatinized state so that the volume will expand several times during baking.

   

5. 5 After the batter has cooled to room temperature, pour in the egg liquid a little at a time and mix well. The eggs should be brought to room temperature in advance, otherwise the refrigerated egg liquid will solidify the butter and form lumps.

   

6. 6 After each stir, add the next egg liquid until the batter can form an inverted triangle shape at the bottom of the wooden spatula, so that the moist batter expands just right.

   

7. 7 Put the batter into a piping bag with a cutout and pipe it onto a non-stick baking sheet lined with parchment paper. When squeezing the batter, try to pile it up as high as possible, and make each head as consistent as possible, leaving room for expansion in the middle. Sprinkle chopped mozzarella and cilantro on top. Shredded mozzarella cheese is the kind of cheese used to make shredded pizza, but you can also use shredded Italian cheese instead. The cheese itself is salty.

   

8. 8 Place the baking sheet into the middle shelf of the oven, heat up and down to 220 degrees, and bake for about 20 minutes (the specific time and temperature should be adjusted according to the actual temperature of different ovens). Do not open the oven door halfway to prevent the puffs from shrinking when cold.

   

9. 9 After baking, take it out and enjoy it while hot.