[CH] Green chile Puffs
Terry Pogue (tpogue@comcast.net)
Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:30:13 -0500
Green Chile Cheese Puffs
Published in: newspaper
Ingredients
3/4 cup whole milk
5 tablespoons unsalted butter -- cut into small pieces
1/2 teaspoons salt
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
pinch cayenne pepper
3 large eggs
1/4 cup chopped green chilies
1 cup grated jack cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 egg -- beaten with 1 teaspoon water - for the egg wash
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment
paper
or silicone baking mats.
Combine the milk and butter in a saucepan and bring to a boil over
medium
heat. Combine the salt, flour and cayenne in a small bowl. As soon as
the
milk mixture boils, remove from the heat and add the flour mixture.
Place
the pan back on the heat and cook for about 1 minute, stirring with a
wooden
spoon, until the mixture thickens and pulls away from the sides. Place
the
hot mixture into the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel
blade.
Immediately add the eggs, jack cheese and Parmesan and pulse until the
eggs
are incorporated and the dough is smooth and thick. Stir in the diced
chilies.
Spoon the mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a large plain round tip.
Pipe mounds 1-inch wide and 1-inch high onto the baking sheets. With a
wet
finger, lightly press down the swirl at the top of each puff. (You can
also
use 2 spoons to scoop out the mixture and shape the puffs with damp
fingers.) Brush the top of each puff lightly with the egg wash. Bake the
puffs until golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes. Serve immediately.
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