Recipes and Cooking Blue Cheese and Pine Nut Puffs 4.3 (18) 4 Reviews Add this blue cheese recipe to your file of surefire cocktail party winners! If you don't have a pastry bag, use a small cookie scoop or a spoon to shape the blue cheese puff recipe. By BHG Test Kitchen BHG Test Kitchen The Better Homes & Gardens Test Kitchen has been in continuous operation for nearly 100 years, developing and testing practical, reliable recipes that readers can enjoy at home. The Test Kitchen team includes culinary specialists, food stylists, registered and licensed nutritionists, and other experts with Bachelor of Science degrees in food science, food and nutrition, or culinary arts. Together, the team tests more than 2,500 recipes, produces more than 2,500 food images, and creates more than 1,000 food videos each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen. Learn about BHG's Editorial Process Published on August 28, 2012 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Jason Donnelly Prep Time: 25 mins Cool Time: 10 mins Bake Time: 20 mins Total Time: 55 mins Servings: 25 Yield: 100 puffs Jump to Nutrition Facts Ingredients 1 cup water ½ cup butter 1 tablespoon snipped fresh thyme ½ teaspoon sea salt ⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 cup all-purpose flour 4 eggs 2 cup finely crumbled Roquefort® or other blue cheese (8 ounces) 1 cup finely shredded Gruyère cheese (4 ounces) ¼ cup pine nuts, toasted* Directions Preheat oven to 400°F. In a medium saucepan combine the water, butter, thyme, salt, and pepper. Bring to boiling. Immediately add flour all at once; stir vigorously. Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat. Cool for 10 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well with a wooden spoon after each addition. Stir in Roquefort cheese, Gruyère cheese, and pine nuts. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Transfer dough to a pastry bag. Pipe 1-inch mounds of dough, 1 inch apart, onto prepared baking sheets.** Bake about 20 minutes or until golden and firm, rotating sheets halfway through baking if necessary for even browning. Serve warm or at room temperature. To Make Ahead Prepare as directed, except cool completely. Transfer to an airtight container; cover. Freeze for up to 1 month. To serve, preheat oven to 375°F. Bake frozen puffs about 5 minutes or until warm. * To toast pine nuts, in a medium skillet cook nuts over medium heat about 3 minutes or until toasted, shaking pan frequently. Turn out onto paper towels; cool. ** We used a 1/2-inch open star tip for piping. Rate it Print Nutrition Facts (per serving) 124 Calories 10g Fat 4g Carbs 5g Protein Show Full Nutrition Label Hide Full Nutrition Label Nutrition Facts Servings Per Recipe 25 Calories 124 % Daily Value * Total Fat 10g 13% Saturated Fat 5g 25% Cholesterol 53mg 18% Sodium 255mg 11% Total Carbohydrate 4g 1% Protein 5g Calcium 111.1mg 9% Iron 0.5mg 3% Potassium 38mg 1% Folate, total 20.2mcg Vitamin B-12 0.2mcg *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.