HFF #9: Savory Cheese Puffs!
Or “ Petits Choux au Fromage ”! In thinking of a savory recipe, I took inspiration from the “savory course” that would grace a Victorian/Edwardian dinner table. The savory course would involve little bites of creamy/salty/spicy treats that would come at the end of a meal to digest the rich meal. A few examples of these bites were deviled eggs, toasts with cheese (welsh rarebit), and devils on horseback (oysters wrapped in bacon). Cheese puffs would also be a very popular bite. The perfect amount of creamy saltiness but light enough that it won’t make you feel too full. As time went on the “savory course” was replaced by the “cheese course” and the savory bites were put at the beginning of the meal in the form of hors d’oeuvres . But I was still intrigued by the savory cheese puff (Not cheesy puff!!! Which my husband kept saying.) and wanted to give it a try. Enter Mrs. Julia Child! As I was browsing, I came across Julia’s rec...
