Goat Cheese and Dill Dutch Baby
Updated Oct. 11, 2023

- Total Time
- 45 minutes
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cook Time
- 35 minutes
- Rating
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Ingredients
- 1cup/148 grams crumbled plain goat cheese
- ½cup chopped fresh dill, plus picked fronds for garnish
- 2tablespoons olive oil
- 1lemon
- Coarse kosher salt, such as Morton
- Ground black pepper
- 1cup/135 grams all-purpose flour
- 8large eggs
- ¾cup/190 milliliters whole milk
- 4tablespoons/57 grams unsalted butter
- 2cups watercress leaves with tender stems, or other tender greens such as spinach or arugula
- 1tablespoon honey
Preparation
- Step 1
In a small bowl, combine goat cheese, ¼ cup dill and 1 tablespoon oil. Zest lemon over mixture, season with a pinch each of salt and pepper and let sit to marinate.
- Step 2
Heat oven to 425 degrees with a rack in the lower third. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, ½ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon black pepper. Add remaining ¼ cup dill and stir. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs and milk. Whisk wet ingredients into dry until just combined.
- Step 3
Melt butter in a heavy 12-inch ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Let it cook until it smells nutty and browns, about 5 minutes, swirling the skillet so that butter coats the bottom and sides of the pan.
- Step 4
Pour batter into the hot buttered skillet and spoon half of the marinated goat cheese into the center of the batter. Bake until puffed and golden, 20 to 22 minutes.
- Step 5
To serve, cool the Dutch baby slightly in the pan, 5 to 6 minutes. Top with watercress and dill fronds. Spoon remaining goat cheese on top and drizzle with honey and remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. Slice the lemon and squeeze a wedge over the greens. Serve immediately.
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Comments
I have been making dutch babies for 50 years and the ratio I use, whether sweet or savory, is roughly one quarter cup milk and one quarter cup flour for every egg. Sometimes I use 3 eggs and a half each if the eggs are really large. But 8 eggs and so little flour and milk sounds wrong. The goat cheese and dill and lemon mixture sounds brilliant. I just think there are too many eggs. I look forward to hearing comments from those who make this according to how it is written.
A triumph. Followed the recipe exactly and it puffed up magnificently (thrillingly higher and fuller than shown in the recipe photo) in 22 mins - a bit of a showstopper. Like the Yorkshire pudding of your dreams. The honey is an excellent finish. I’d happily serve this for dinner with other salads as it has a real wow factor when you bring it to table.
Really delicious. The eight eggs work beautifully to support the cheese and herbs and help turn the dish into a main course.
I have no idea where the negative reviews are coming from. For the record, I am an accomplished baker with a background in biochemistry (graduate school and professional school level). I did use a 10” iron skillet to make it thicker, and it puffed beautifully. We’re looking forward to try8ing this with other ingredients. Make it as directed, and use an iron skillet in which to cook it. It is phenomenal!
I made this as written, and it was a smash hit at our dinner party for four. Very little hands-on required for the final prep, which, for me, is a must when I am entertaining. While it was baking in the oven, I served up cauliflower soup with sourdough. We finished our soup and cleared the bowls in time to make the Dutch Baby a real show stopper at the table. Our guests actually stood up to oooh and ahh as I completed the final additions.
agree about the 8 eggs being too many - I used 6 smallish and think next time will do 5- otherwise great savory version of dutch baby!
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