Cheese souffle
Souffle is a dish of classic French cuisine. Souffle was first mentioned in cookbooks in the 18th century. Souffle can be prepared as both a savory and a sweet dish. In his book On Food and Cooking The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Harold McGee has devoted quite a long chapter to soufflés, debunking the myths that making soufflés is very difficult and that not everyone can do it. In reality, this is not the case, the soufflé rises nicely if a few simple rules are followed – the egg white must be well mixed into a dense foam, and the egg white and the soufflé dough must be mixed carefully and gently.
While baking the soufflé, it is not forbidden to open the oven door for a while to check whether the soufflé is ready. Following the laws of physics, the soufflé rises because the tiny air bubbles in the egg white expand and raise the soufflé nicely high and fluffy. As soon as the soufflé starts to cool, the fluffiness of the soufflé starts to decrease, so it should be served immediately. At the same time, when the sunken soufflé is placed in a hot oven again, it rises again, because the air in the air bubbles expands again.
It’s worth a try, it’s a nice appetizer and it’s fun to make.
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Level: Medium
Serves: four
Ingredients:
50 g of butter
30 g of flour
250 g of milk
6 eggs
70 g blue cheese
70 g of cheddar cheese
A pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
A little sea salt and black pepper
Fresh breadcrumbs or breadcrumbs to coat the tins
A little extra butter for greasing the tins
Preparation:
- Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over low heat, and mix in the flour. Stir in the egg yolks. Keep the egg white separately for whipping.
- Season the mixture with salt, black pepper, and nutmeg, add grated cheese and mix until smooth.
- Grease 6 ramekin molds with butter and breadcrumbs or breadcrumbs, set the oven to 180 degrees.
- Whip the egg whites to stiff peaks and carefully and slowly fold them into the soufflé batter.
- Pour the finished souffle dough into the molds so that the dough remains about 0.5 cm below the edge of the mold.
- Place the soufflé molds in the oven and bake for about 20-25 minutes until the surface of the soufflé is browned and the soufflé has risen nicely.
- Check with a toothpick whether the soufflé is ready, the toothpick must remain clean or almost clean.
Serve immediately
Ready!!