Cheese Souffle

A community recipe by xana

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Introduction

You cannot miss these, they are easy to make, you can even prepare them in advance. Great for Brunch.

Ingredients

Serves: 6

1 tablespoon melted butter
2 tablespoons parmigiano cheese (or 0.25 cup minced roasted nuts)
3 tablespoons butter
¼ cup all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 cup grated Gruyere cheese
4 eggs (separated)
salt (to taste)
pepper (to taste)

Method

Cheese Souffle is a community recipe submitted by xana and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Preheat oven to 180C (350F). Butter 6 small moulds of 180ml each with the melted butter. Sprinkle with parmigiano cheese or nuts.

In a small pot, melt butter. Add flour and cook 1 minute, stirring.

Whisk in the milk and bring to a boil, stirring constantly and cook 3 minutes. Incorporate cheese and stir until it's melted Let cool.

Add in egg yolks, fresh herbs, salt and pepper and whisk to combine well.

Beat egg whites until firm with a pinch of salt. Incorporate the egg whites to egg yolk mixture.

Pour into the prepared moulds. Put moulds in a pan and pour hot water in the pan to reach about mid-height of the moulds. Cook in the oven for 25 minutes.

Unmold and serve immediately or if you don't serve them immediately, unmold them and place them in a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and refrigerate. When ready to serve, heat in the oven at 220C (425F) for 10 minutes. They will bounce back up.