To Make: Spoon Fork Bacon’s Black Pepper Gougère BLTs. (Or: French Appetizers 101.)

Today we’re celebrating Bastille Day, a national French holiday that celebrates the beginning of the French revolution. We’re celebrating with lots of champagne and these little Black Pepper Gougère BLTs. We love the crisp exterior and custard-like interior of these French appetizers. We incorporated black pepper to balance out the creaminess of the pastry puffs, and to also give them a small ‘bite’. Since it is a celebration, we wanted to be extra decadent and decided to stuff them with small strips of bacon, spicy arugula and fresh sliced cherry tomatoes. These bite sized BLT’s are full of flavor and the gougères create the perfect bun for the filling.