PhotoCaviar and truffles are all well and good, but nothing says “I’m pampering my guests” quite like a tray of hot, crisp gougères straight from the oven. It isn’t because these French cheese puffs are expensive to make. The upside of serving gougères at a party is that you can make them ahead and freeze them before baking. PhotoPlain gougères are wonderful, but the cheese puffs also take well to variations. Or try filling them with a spoonful of crème fraîche topped by an even larger one of caviar — and pamper your guests to the extreme.

Source: New York Times December 08, 2017 16:07 UTC