Recipe: Chicken Puffs (mini cheese puffs with chicken salad filling)

CHICKEN PUFFS

FOR THE PUFFS:
2 tbsp butter
1/4 cup boiling water
1/4 cup flour
1 egg
1/4 cup shredded Swiss cheese
FOR THE FILLING:
2 cups finely chopped cooked chicken
1/4 cup finely chopped celery
2 tbsp chopped pimento
2 tbsp dry white wine
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon salt and dash of pepper

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a baking sheet.

Melt butter in 1/4 cup boiling water. Add flour and a dash of salt; stir vigorously. Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball that doesn't separate. Remove from heat and cool slightly.

Add egg; beat vigorously until smooth. Stir in cheese. Drop dough onto prepared baking sheet, using 1 level teaspoon dough for each puff.

Bake at 400 degrees F for 20 minutes. Remove from oven; cool and split.

Combine filling ingredients. Fill each puff with 2 teaspoons of the filling.

Servings: 4
Source: Dawn-NY