Have you been cooking more during the quarantine?
Have no fear. The boy is always very supervised.
I often find myself gravitating to recipes that Theo can help with. He loves to help in the kitchen and gets so excited when the opportunity presents itself. A lot of the time he’ll even drag his “cooking stool” over when he sees me making dinner because he wants to help. I always oblige. Especially when he goes and finds his cooking apron and hat and hands them to me. He’s ready. I like to have some easy recipes up my sleeve so that I’m ready too.
I love so many things French and cooking is no exception. In fact, I have a french cookbook that just came in and I’m so excited to dig into it. Anyway, The French get a bad rap for a couple things. Like being mean and I can assure you they are a lovely gracious people. Another one is that French cooking is hard and it can be, but not always.
Today, Theo and I are making what The French would call “Gougeres” but simply put they are light and airy french cheese puffs! I love to learn new things and one thing I took away from this recipe was that it starts with a Pate a Choux.
Pâte à Choux
(sounds like “pat a shoe”)
Simply put is a paste made of flour, water, butter, and eggs. It’s thicker than a batter but it’s not as thick as dough.
what you need:
what you do:
Preheat oven to 425, line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a sauce pan bring the water, butter, and salt to a boil. Then add in flour and stir until a dough forms. Cook a couple of minutes to dry out the dough.
Put this in a bowl and let it cool a little bit. Add in the eggs one at a time until well combined.
Add cheese and parsley and mix really well. Use two tablespoons and drop on to your prepared baking sheet. Set them two inches apart. Then, sprinkle some Parmesan cheese on top.
Bake for 10 minutes at 425 and another 20-25 minutes at 380 or until golden brown.
Best served warm.
If there is one thing that you take away from this QUARANTINE, I hope you find yourself in the kitchen more...and love it.
Thanks for stopping by today!
“Cooking is one of the great gifts you can give to those you love.”
