Culinary Arts: Basic Cheese Souffle

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Basic Cheese Souffle Aug 4th 2011, 10:03 Whether a simple cheese souffle or or something fancier involving lobster or asparagus, souffles are the pinnacle of egg dishes. Nevertheless, a lot of people are intimidated by souffles, there seems to be something arcane or magical about creating them, but in fact they're not difficult to make. This is a basic recipe that can be adapted in many ways and you can find a detailed tutorial on making souffles here. (Larger Image.) Serves 2. Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 35 minutes Total Time: 50 minutes Ingredients: 1 1/2 Tbsp. unsalted butter Additional butter to grease dishes 1 1/2 Tbsp. unbleached flour 1/2 cup whole milk 2 eggs; separated 1/4 â€" 1/3 cup grated cheese* 2 Tbsp. finely grated parmesan 1/2 tsp. ground mustard 1/4 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. white pepper 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar (optional) Preparation: 1. Heat oven to 425 degrees. Grease 2 1-cup soufflé dishes/ramekins with butter and dust with parmesan. 2.Melt 1 1/2 tablespoon butter over medium low heat, add flour, and cook for 3 minutes stirring constantly. 3.In the meantime, heat milk in the microwave at medium power for 30 seconds. 4.Whisk in milk and continue to cook, stirring, until thickened. 5.Whisk together egg yolks and spices, then add to sauce mixture, whisking steadily to avoid scrambling the eggs. 6.Stir in the cheese, melt, and mix thoroughly. 7.Mix in any additional ingredients, remove from heat, and allow to cool to room temperature. 8.Beat egg whites to medium stiff peaks. If you're not using a copper egg bowl, add cream of tartar. 9.Thoroughly fold 1/3 of whites into sauce mixture. 10.Casually fold mixture back into remaining whites. 11.Pour into soufflé dishes, place in oven, reduce heat to 375F, and bake 30 to 35 minutes depending on how well done you like your soufflés. Don’t open the oven for the first 20 minutes! *Cheese possibilities include gruyere, emmentaler, comte, chevre, brie, cheddar, manchego, blue, in fact, almost any cheese. Additions: Almost anything is good. Whatever you add should be finely chopped so that it is both evenly distributed throughout the dish and so that the expanding eggs can lift it â€" chunks will fall to the bottom. Don’t add more than about a half cup of the additional ingredient to the cheese mixture, and make sure whatever you add is well drained to avoid thinning the sauce. Lastly, additional ingredients should generally be cooked in advance. Possibilities: Crab, lobster, crayfish Spinach (an old standby), sorrel, arugula (be sure to squeeze all moisture out of these before chopping) Asparagus, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes Ham, bacon I've also created a detailed photo tutorial.

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