I don't think I've ever eaten a souffle but I made need to overcome this deficiency. My recipe box is full of souffle recipes which must have been popular with the cook at that time.
This souffle features coffee as it's main flavor, perfect for dessert. It's also a great way to use leftover coffee!
Coffee Souffle
1 1/2 cups brewed coffee
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon gelatin
3 eggs
Put coffee, milk, gelatin and 1/2 the sugar in a double boiler. Cook for a few minutes. Then add the beaten yolks and rest of sugar. Cook for 10 minutes or so. Take off and add beaten whites & vanilla.
As with most old recipes, the ingredients and instructions are a bit incomplete. Note that the 3 eggs should be separated and used separately. Also, the baking method is not mentioned. Souffles are typically baked in a souffle dish for 20-25 minutes at 400F. The souffle will rise a couple inches above the rim and will become a golden brown.
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no souffles? I love to make them... so delicious! sure, sometimes they fall but they still taste great!
My mom used to make savory souffles all the time. They are so good and so light. You do have to try them. Use the Julia Child trick of adding wax paper around the rim to add height to your dish so that even if it falls, it will still be above the dish and still look great.
I have quite a bundle of souffle recipes so I suppose I should give them a try soon :-)
To be fair, I've eaten the odd souffle that was supposed to be heavenly but it just tasted mightily of eggs to me. Blech. But you can't go one more day without trying one, I think! :)
Gosh I had to go look at my recipe for coffee souffle. It looks almost like that that picture. We grew up on coffee souffle it is the best.