Ingredients
- 125 g ½ c unsalted butter, cut into large pieces
- ½ teaspoon coarse salt
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup plain AP flour
- 4 large eggs
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- ½ cup finely chopped or ground Black Forest ham 60g - I used regular honey ham
- 1 cup finely shredded Gruyere cheese plus 36 cubes (2cm) for centers (240g) - I used Swiss cheese and grated it myself - my batch made about 4 dozen so you will need extra cheese cubes
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C (356F) fan-forced and line two baking trays with baking paper.
- Place the butter, water and salt in a large saucepan and bring to the boil. Add the flour to the pan and stirring vigorously, cook over medium heat until it comes away from the sides and forms a very thin film on the bottom of the pan. It takes about 2 minutes.
- Remove the batter to a large bowl and leave it to cool for a few minutes.
- Using a wooden spoon, stir in the eggs one at a time making sure that each is totally incorporated before you add the next one.
- Stir the ham, cheese and pepper into the batter.
- Use a piping bag fitted with a large start nozzle or just use a teaspoon to make blobs of dough on the baking trays. If you use a spoon, shape the blobs a little using your fingertips. Again using your fingertips, make a large well in the middle of each one.
- Bake them for 25-30 minutes or until they start to brown.
- Freeze at this stage or fill each hole with a cheese cube and return them to the oven for another 10 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
- Serve warm from the oven.
Notes
To prepare them from frozen - allow to defrost on a cooling rack then continue from adding the cheese cubes.
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