Curried cheddar puffs

96 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 teaspoons Curry powder
½ teaspoon Ground coriander
½ teaspoon Ground cumin
¼ teaspoon Ground red pepper (cayenne)
6 tablespoons Margarine or butter (3/4 stick), cut up
½ teaspoon Salt
1 cup All-purpose flour
4 larges Eggs
4 ounces Cheddar cheese; shredded (1 cup)
5 minutes.

Directions

Yields: about 8 dozen puffs Work Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 45 to 50 minutes

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease 2 large cookie sheets.

2. In 3-quart saucepan, heat curry powder, coriander, cumin, and ground red pepper over medium heat, stirring constantly, 1 minute or until very fragrant. Stir in margarine or butter, salt, and 1 cup water; heat to boiling over high heat. Remove saucepan from heat and stir in flour all at once; return to medium-low heat, stirring constantly with wooden spoon, until mixture forms a ball and leaves side of pan. Remove saucepan from heat.

3. Stir in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition until batter is smooth and satiny. Stir in cheese. Spoon batter into large decorating bag fitted with large writing tip (about ½ inch diameter). Pipe batter, about 1 inch apart, onto cookie sheets, forming mounds 1 inch wide and ¾ inch high. Or, drop dough by teaspoons, forming small mounds. With fingertip dipped in water, gently smooth peaks.

4. Place cookie sheets on 2 oven racks. Bake puffs 25 to 30 minutes, until deep golden, rotating cookie sheets between upper and lower racks halfway through baking time. Remove to wire racks to cool. Repeat with remaining batter.

5. Serve puffs at room temperature or reheat to serve warm. To reheat, place puffs on cookie sheet in 400 degrees F oven Each puff: About 20 calories, 1 g protein, 1 g carbohydrate, 1 g total fat (0 g saturated), 10 mg cholesterol, 30 mg sodium.

Source: Copyright 1996 The Hearst Corporation; all rights reserved Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 275 by jecraig@... on Nov 19, 9

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