Swiss Woods Souffle Recipes

BASIC SOUFFLé

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375° F (190° C).
• Melt butter in medium saucepan over low heat. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly. Stir in milk all at once. Continue stirring until mixture boils and is smooth and thickened.
• Separate eggs. Beat yolks well and add ¼ cup (50 mL) of warm sauce mixture to egg yolks.
• Combine yolk mixture with remaining sauce, blending thoroughly. If desired, add finely chopped filling ingredients, stirring into white sauce until blended (see variations). Set sauce aside to cool slightly.
• Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in large bowl, until stiff but not dry. Fold some of the egg whites into sauce to make it lighter, then gently but thoroughly fold the sauce into the remaining egg whites.
• Carefully pour into 4-cup (1 L) soufflé or casserole dish.
• Bake in preheated 375° F (190° C) oven until puffed and lightly browned, 20 to 25 minutes or until done. Serve immediately.

SWISS WOODS SOUFFLE

Steps:

• Arrange bread in an ungreased 13x9-in. baking dish. Whisk together the eggs, 1-1/2 cups milk and seasonings; pour over bread and set aside. , Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Spoon over bread. Combine the soup, cheeses and remaining milk; spread over sausage. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until the top is puffed and center appears set. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

BREAD AND SWISS CHEESE SOUFFLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cut the crust off of the baguette and chop the remaining bread into 1-inch pieces. Place the bread in a medium bowl and pour the hot milk over it. Let the bread absorb all of the milk, about 15 minutes.
• While the bread is absorbing the milk, crack the eggs. Separate the yolks and egg whites into 2 bowls. Whisk the yolks together and add the swiss cheese, scallions, parsley and black pepper. Stir well to combine and set aside.
• Using a hand mixer, a whisk or a standing mixer, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form. If using a hand or standing mixer it will take just a couple of minutes. If using a whisk, it will take longer and it will be a work out - but not a really difficult one. It just takes a little patience. Pour the egg yolk mixture over the bread and milk and stir well to incorporate.
• Grease a souffle dish with the butter, making sure to grease the top as well as the bottom and the sides and pour the egg yolk/bread mixture in. Gently fold the egg whites into the mixture, in 3 steps. Doing it all at once can make the whites deflate. Be careful and be gentle with the egg whites though, even though you are staggering the process. Airy egg whites are the secret to an airy souffle. Carefully use a spatula to trace a 1-inch deep circle from the outside of the dish. That will help the souffle rise more in the middle.
• Remove the top rack from the oven, and bake on the center rack for 45-50 minutes or until it's puffed and golden brown. Don't open the oven to check on it though. Just peek through the door until the 45 minute mark. And if you open the door and notice that it needs a little more time at that point, close the door very gently. Remove the foil and serve immediately before it deflates.

CHEESE SOUFFLE

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.

DO AHEAD SWISS CHEESE SOUFFLES

Steps:

• Melt butter and blend in flour, salt, & pepper.
• Add milk stirring constantly (medium-high heat) until the mixture bubbles and thickens.
• Remove from heat and stir in the cheese until melted.
• In a bowl beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.
• In another bowl beat egg yolks until thickened and lemon colored (about 5 minutes).
• Stir cheese mixture slowly into the egg yolks.
• Gradually pour yolk mixture over the stiff egg whites and gently fold together.
• Pour mixture into ten custard cups or souffle cups (I use the large muffin tins) Cover the souffles with tin foil.
• If using individual cups place all of them in one or two baking pans and place in your freezer.
• Freeze souffles until 1 1/4 hours before serving time.
• Before removing souffles from freezer preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Remove souffles from freezer and pour very hot water into the baking pan around the souffles to about 1/2" deep.
• Bake the frozen souffles 1 hour 15 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Remove and serve immediately.