Francoises Cheese Souffle Souffle Au Fromage De Francoise Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Make white sauce: Stir together butter and flour in a sauce pan over low heat until smooth and well-blended. Over medium heat, gradually stir in milk until smooth, and it just comes to a boil. Remove from heat and cool 1 minute, stirring.
• 2. Stir about 2 tablespoons of the white sauce into the beaten egg yolks, to "temper" the yolks and keep them from cooking.
• 3. Then, add to the white sauce, stirring well, the cheeses and beaten egg yolks. Cool mixture to room temperature.
• 4. While mixture is cooling, beat the egg whites until softly stiff, but not dry. Fold the egg whites into the cheese mixture.
• 5. Immediately pour entire mixture into a well-greased and lightly floured soufflé dish. This dish should be round, about 7-8" in diameter, with tall straight sides. Use shortening or butter to grease it with, and lightly dust with real flour. I haven't had much success using Baker's Joy Cake Release or similar products.
• 6. Decorate the top of the soufflé with paper-thin slices of Swiss cheese cut into fancy shapes. Bake 25-30 minutes or until set. Serve immediately, before it loses its "pouf".

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Butter a 6-cup souffle or straight-sided baking dish with 1 1/2 tablespoons butter. Dust the interior of the dish with the Parmesan and knock out the excess.
• In a large saucepan, melt the remaining butter over medium-high heat. Stir in the flour and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly, until the butter and flour foam and froth. Remove the pan from the heat and beat in the hot milk, then simmer over medium heat and stir slowly until thick, about 1 to 2 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the seasonings, then the egg yolks, 1 by 1.
• Whip the egg whites to stiff, shining peaks, then whisk 1/4 of them into the sauce to lighten it. Delicately fold the remaining egg whites into the sauce, alternating with the grated Swiss cheese.
• Turn the souffle mixture into the prepared dish and set in the oven. Reduce the heat to 375 degrees F and bake until the souffle has puffed 1 or 2-inches above the rim and has browned on top, about 25 to 30 minutes. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
• Butter the inside of a 6 cup souffle mold and sprinkle it with 1 Tablespoon of grated Parmesan cheese. .
• In a heavy saucepan, melt 3 tablespoons of unsalted butter, slowly.
• Stir in 3 tablespoons of flour with a wooden spoon and cook over moderate heat until butter and flour foam together for 2 minutes without browning.
• Remove from heat; when the mixture has stopped bubbling, pour in 1 cup of milk, that's been heated just to boiling, all at once.
• Beat vigorously with a whip until blended.
• Beat in 1/2 teaspoon of coarse salt, 1/8 teaspoon of freshly ground pepper, a pinch of cayenne pepper and a pinch of nutmeg.
• Return over moderately high heat and boil, stirring with the whip, for 1 minute. Sauce will be very thick.
• Remove the sauce from the heat.
• If you haven't done so already, immediately start to separate 5 eggs.
• Drop the whites into a bowl, add 4 yolks into the center of the hot sauce and beat in well, one at a time.
• Note, ONLY 4 YOLKS in the sauce, but save 5 WHITES! Adjust seasonings at this point.
• Add your egg whites to a clean mixing bowl with a pinch of salt and beat until stiff.
• Stir a big spoonful of the beaten whites into the sauce.
• Stir in 1 cup (minus 1 tablespoon) of grated Swiss cheese.
• Delicately fold in the rest of the egg whites. Be careful not to over-fold! This is a very important step!
• Turn the souffle mixture into the prepared mold, which should be almost 3/4 full. Tap bottom of mold lightly on the table, and smooth the surface of the souffle with the flat of a knife.
• Sprinkle the reserved tablespoon of Swiss cheese on top.
• Set on a rack in the middle of a preheated 400 degree oven and immediately turn the heat down to 375 (DO NOT OPEN THE OVEN DOOR FOR 20 MINUTES!).
• In 25-30 minutes the souffle will have puffed about 2 inches over the rim of the mold, and the top will be nicely browned.
• Bake 4-5 more minutes to firm it up, then serve at once.
• A well baked souffle will stay puffed for about 5 minutes in the turned off hot oven. As it cools, it begins to sink. Therefore, there should be no lingering when a souffle is to be eaten.
• To serve a souffle, puncture the top lightly with a serving spoon and fork--held vertically--and spread it apart for each serving!
• Bon Appetite!

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat; whisk in the flour, and cook until foaming.
• Add the milk and bring to a boil, whisking constantly until the sauce thickens.
• Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg and simmer for 1 minute.
• Take the pan from the heat and whisk the egg yolks into the hot sauce so that they cook and thicken slightly.
• Stir in the cheese, reserving a tablespoon for topping.
• Taste and adjust seasoning.
• The mixture should be highly seasoned to compensate for the bland egg whites.
• Press a piece of plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the sauce to prevent a skin from forming.
• Position a shelf in the lower third of the oven and remove the shelves above.
• Preheat oven to 425°.
• Thickly butter a 2-quart souffle dish, particularly around the rim.
• Reheat the cheese mixture until hot to the touch but do not let it boil, or it will cook into strings.
• Whisk the egg whites until stiff using a stand mixer and adding a pinch of salt to help the whites stiffen.
• Add about 1/4 of the egg whites to the hot cheese mixture and stir them together thoroughly.
• Add this mixture to the remaining egg whites and fold them together as lightly as possible.
• Spoon the mixture into the prepared dish; it should fill almost to the rim.
• Sprinkle the reserved cheese on top, and then run your thumb around the inside rim of the dish so the souffle rises evenly.
• Bake until puffed and brown, 20-25 minutes; if you like the center soft, remove the souffle when it still wobbles slightly if gently shaken; if you prefer it firm, leave it for another 3-5 minutes.
• Set the dish on a plate lined with a napkin, so the dish cannot slip.
• Take the souffle to the table at once.