Servings |
8serves |
Cook Time |
45minutes |
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Individual Cheese Souffles: To make individual souffles, use four 310mls (1 1/4-cups) ramekins. Continue as for the basic recipe and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes.This basic cheese souffle is delicious served as a starter, or as a main with a crisp green salad. It can be made as 1 souffle or 4 smaller ones. The sauce mixture can be made a day ahead. Keep, covered with plastic wrap, in the fridge. To use, remove from fridge and stand at room temperature for 11/2 hours before using.
Variations (based on basic cheese souffle recipe):
Three Cheese and Herb Souffle: Reduce the cheddar to 50g. Add 50g finely grated gruyere cheese, 50g finely grated Parmesan, 1 tbs fresh thyme leaves and 2 tbs each of chopped fresh chives and chopped fresh continental parsley to the cheddar mixture. Continue as for basic cheese souffle recipe.
Cauliflower and Blue Cheese Souffle: Reduce the milk to 125mls (1/2 cup). Omit the mustard. Replace the cheddar with 100g blue vein cheese, mashed with a fork, and add 1 1/2 tbs chopped fresh chives to the cheese mixture. Boil or steam 350g cauliflower florets until tender. Place in the bowl of a food processor with the milk and process until smooth. Use cauliflower puree in place of the milk in the basic recipe. Continue as for basic cheese souffle recipe.
Chicken and Green Peppercorn Souffle: Omit the mustard and pepper. Reduce the cheddar to 100g. Add 2 chopped green shallots, 1 1/2 tsp crushed green peppercorns and 130g finely chopped cooked chicken to the cheddar mixture. Continue as for basic cheese souffle recipe.
Ham and Pumpkin Souffle: Reduce the milk to 125mls (1/2 cup) and the cheddar to 50g. Add 120g finely chopped leg ham and 3 chopped green shallots to the cheddar mixture. Peel and deseed 450g butternut pumpkin and cut into chunks. Boil or steam until tender. Place in the bowl of a food processor with the milk and process until smooth. Use pumpkin puree in place of the milk in the basic recipe. Continue as for basic cheese souffle recipe.