Mini Puffs With Goat Cheese Herbs Recipe 425

Steps:

• PASTRY: Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease a baking sheet; set aside. In a medium saucepan, combine the water, milk, butter, salt, and nutmeg. Bring to a boil. Add flour all at once, stirring vigorously. Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat. Cool for 5 minutes at room temperature. Add two of the eggs, one at a time, beating well with a wooden spoon after each addition until smooth. Spoon batter into a pastry bag fitted with a round tip with a 1/2-inch opening. Pipe 24 1-inch mounds (or spoon batter with a rounded measuring teaspoon), 1-inch apart onto prepared baking sheet. Lightly beat the remaining egg and brush over tops of pastry mounds. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until golden. Transfer to a wire rack and cool for about 15 minutes. Slice puffs in half horizontally with a serrated knife. FILLING: In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, goat cheese, and milk. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add parsley, dill or basil, and pepper and mix well. Use a pastry bag to pipe filling onto the bottom half of each puff (or spread each bottom half with a rounded teaspoon of the mixture). Replace tops. Serve immediately or cover and chill for up to 2 hours. Bake the pastry puffs up to 1 week in advance and freeze. Thaw overnight before serving.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Unfold pastry sheet; cut along fold line to make 3 strips, trimming rough edges. Cut each strip in half crosswise. Place pastry rectangles on an ungreased baking sheet and bake until golden brown, 12 to 14 minutes. Transfer pastry to a rack and cool (about 8 to 10 minutes), then cut horizontally into 2 layers.
• While pastry bakes, in a medium bowl whisk the goat cheese, 6 tablespoons powdered sugar, vanilla, and salt until blended. Using electric mixer, beat whipping cream in another medium bowl until peaks form; fold into cheese mixture. Chill 10 to 15 minutes.
• Heat the jam in a medium microwave-safe bowl until just melted (about 10 seconds). Add berries. Toss to coat.
• Just before serving, put bottom halves of pastry on plates; top with mousse and raspberries. Sprinkle with minced thyme, cover with top half of pastry, and dust with powdered sugar. Garnish with thyme sprigs.

Steps:

• In saucepan over medium-low heat, combine milk, butter and salt until butter is melted and bubbles form around the edge.
• Add flour, and stir vigorously until mixture pulls away from sides of pan and forms a ball, 2-3 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in goat cheese, 1 egg and oregano until well combined. Add remaining egg and continue to stir until a loose dough is formed.
• Using two spoons, filled prepared muffin cups 2/3 full. Sprinkle evenly with Parmesan cheese.
• Bake at 400 until puffs have risen and are golden brown, about 12 minutes.