Cheese Puffs Filled With Warm Bacon Mornay Sauce Recipes

CLASSIC MORNAY SAUCE

Steps:

• Gather your ingredients.
• In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt 3 tablespoons of the butter over medium-low heat.
• Stir in the flour to form a roux . Cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until most of the water has cooked out (it will bubble less), which also allows the raw flour taste to cook off.
• Slowly add 2 1/2 cups of the warm milk while whisking or stirring constantly so that the liquid is incorporated into the roux without forming lumps.
• Stick the cloves into the onion and add to the sauce along with the bay leaf. Simmer for about 10 minutes, or until it's reduced by about 20 percent.
• Remove the bay leaf and the onion and strain the sauce through a fine-mesh strainer or a colander lined with cheesecloth. Make sure you retrieve all of the cloves.
• Return the sauce to the pan. Add the Gruyère and Parmesan cheeses and stir until the cheese has melted.
• Remove from heat, stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, and adjust the consistency with some or all of the remaining 1/2 cup milk if necessary. Serve right away with pasta, chicken, or fish. Enjoy!

BACON MORNAY SAUCE

Steps:

• Fry bacon.
• Remove bacon from pan; add butter.
• Add flour; purists say don't brown flour but I do because I don't like a raw flour taste, and I cook on high (sigh).
• Add milk.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Cook until thickened.
• Add cheese. crumble up bacon and add here.

CHEESE PUFFS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the water, butter, salt and cayenne to a boil. Add flour all at once and stir until a smooth ball forms. Remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until mixture is smooth and shiny. Stir in Gruyere and mustard. , Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto greased baking sheets. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake at 425° for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown. Serve warm or cold.