Gougères: cheese within choux pastry

Useful to know

Gougères are savoury bakes based on cheese choux pastry. Cooking the base in a saucepan precedes incorporating eggs and baking. [1]

This differs from filling an already baked hollow shell with cheese. Follow the recipe’s consistency and portion size. Changing the cheese or its quantity can alter the mixture, so a shared name cannot guarantee identical results after arbitrary substitutions.