Cheese Souffles With Spinach

Name: Cheese Souffles With Spinach
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Spinach; Butter; Eggs; Nutmeg; Cheese; Cream; Crème fraîche; All purpose flour; Butter; Breadcrumbs

Looking for a tasty and vegetarian first course? Try this cheese soufflé, a challenging recipe that is going to delight your palate with cheese and spinach

13 September, 2012

serves for

total time

0 HR 45 MIN

ingredients

Spinach

100 g

Butter

80 g

Eggs

4, separated

Nutmeg

freshly grated

Cheese

150 g, e. g. Emmental or Gruyère, grated

Cream

60 g

Crème fraîche

30 g

All purpose flour

15 g

Butter

Breadcrumbs

Preparation

Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C in a fan oven), 400°F, gas 6. Grease the ramekins with butter and sprinkle them with breadcrumbs.

Quickly blanche the spinach in salt water. Quench, wring out and chop finely.

Mix together the butter, egg yolks and a pinch of nutmeg until foamy. Stir in the spinach and alternately add the cheese, cream and the crème fraîche.

Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold them into the mixture with the flour. Season with a pinch of salt and nutmeg.

Transfer the mixture into the ramekins and bake for 15-20 min until golden brown. Serve immediately.

Topic

Gourmet Recipes

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