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Recipe : *** Plain Cheese Soufflé

Plain Cheese Soufflé
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Course:
Main Dish

Practical information

  • Prep time
    20 min
  • Cooking
    25 min
  • Ready in
    45 min
  • Difficulty
    Very easy
  • Price
    Very friendly budget
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You need to increase baking time if you use a large single dish, and vice versa. It would take around 40 minutes for 1 big dish. / Make sure all your guests are seated and serve immediately for the soufflé will deflate very quickly once outside.
 

Categories

Budget:
friendly
Difficulty:
easy recipe
Category:
Egg Cheese and Diary
Tags:
cheese, soufflé, all, tea

Recipe's Ingredients

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  • 4 eggs
  • salt, pepper
  • grated nutmeg
  • 70 g swiss cheese(comté or gruyère type)
  • 30 g butter + some for dish
  • 20 g plain flour
  • 250 ml milk

  • Recipe preparation steps

  • 1
    Pre-heat oven to 350°F ; butter the soufflé dishes ; thinly grate the cheese (thin wholes of grater).
  • 2
    Separate the egg whites from yolks and beat the whites with an electric mixer until they get thickly frothy.
  • 3
    Prepare the béchamel (white sauce) : melt the butter in a saucepan, medium flame, and pour the flour on it while stirring with a wooden spoon until well blended. On a more gentle flame, start pouring a bit of milk and gently stir until it is incorporated ; keep doing this way with all milk. Never stop stirring. Reckon about 10 minutes until the béchamel is ready (it must get thick).
  • 4
    Add enough nutmeg, salt & pepper, and remove from fire.
  • 5
    Add the grated cheese, then the yolks ; turn vigourously to obtain a homogeneous mixture. Gently incorporate the egg whites with a rubber spatula.
  • 6
    Pour the mixture equally into the 4 soufflé dishes ; fill them about 3/4.
  • 7
    Bake in oven for about 25 minutes ; the soufflés must rise and get golden brown. Do not open oven door for they would deflate.
  • Ready !