How to Make a Cheese Soufflé

How to Make a Cheese Soufflé

Cheese Soufflé - Preparing Ingredients, Oven and Pan

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Cheese Soufflé - Preparing the Base

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Cheese Soufflé - Mixing, Baking and Serving

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Karen Stiegler

Culinary Instructor, Recipe Developer, Tester, www.pastrynomad.com

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Karen Stiegler is a culinary educator, recipe developer and recipe tester. Karen holds a Diplome de Patisserie from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and has been teaching American and French pastry and desserts in the U.S. and abroad for over 10 years. She is currently teaching for Williams-Sonoma, and offers group, private, and hands-on courses as well as professional pastry demonstrations in shops and restaurants, and also specializes in Healthy Baking. Karen also has extensive experience in catering of American desserts, cakes and candies. Karen spent three years in Paris researching and teaching French pastries and desserts to Americans abroad, founding her own pastry instruction program. Karen is also a professional cake decorator and instructor, and was Cake Decorating Instructor of the Year Worldwide Developmental Accounts in 2000 for Wilton Industries. Karen has a number of published recipes and also holds a Bachelors Degree in Journalism from Pepperdine University. She just completed work on a recipe and menu project for the newly opened Bazaar dining concept by Chef Jose Andres' of Jaleo, Washington, DC, including all restaurants in the new SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Karen served as a personal chef to the British Ambassador in Oslo, Norway, where she also worked on recipe development, testing and a cookbook. She has lived in France, Norway, Germany, Switzerland, Africa and Asia, and traveled extensively throughout the world, sampling all types of cuisine. Karen is a member of Les Dames d'Escoffier and well as Women Chefs and Restaurateurs professional organizations. A recipe of Karen's is included in the James Beard Award Finalist Cookbook, "Cooking with Les Dames d'Escoffier". Karen speaks French, Spanish, Norwegian and German. She has also worked for the National Restaurant Association.

How to Make a Cheese Soufflé

Karen Stiegler from PastryNomad.com shows you how to make a traditional French souffle.

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How to Make a Cheese Soufflé

Ingredients

4 Tablespoons butter, plus 1 Tablespoon extra butter, softened


2 to 3 Tablespoons grated Parmesan

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

1 1/4 cups milk

1/4 teaspoon salt

6 ounces grated Gruyère or Emmenthal (Swiss) cheese

6 large eggs, separated

1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

Instructions

1. Place the rack in the bottom third of your oven. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Generously butter a 2-quart ceramic or glass soufflé dish and sprinkle with the 2 to 3 Tablespoons Parmesan cheese to coat the bottom and sides.

2. Place the 4 Tablespoons of butter in a 2- to 3-quart saucepan on medium heat to melt. Add the flour. Using a wooden spoon, stir and cook until the mixture is smooth and bubbling, one to two minutes. Stir in the milk, and salt, and continue stirring and cooking until it develops into a sauce which thickens and boils, about three to four minutes. Remove from the heat.

3. Add the 6 ounces grated cheese and stir until melted. Add the 6 egg yolks and stir until the mixture is blended and smooth. Set aside this cheese sauce.

4. Place the 6 egg whites in a very clean, grease free stainless steel bowl, and fit an electric mixer with the whisk attachment. Beat the whites on medium speed until foamy. Then add the cream of tartar, turn to high speed, and beat until short, stiff, moist peaks form. Don’t overbeat.

5. Pour about 1/3 of the cheese sauce into the whites on one side of the bowl, and using a flexible spatula, begin to gently fold the cheese sauce into the whites. Add the remaining sauce in two more steps, folding gently until just blended.

6. Pour or spoon the batter into the prepared soufflé dish. Do not fill the mold more than ¾ full. Draw a circle on the surface of the soufflé batter with a small cake spatula or the tip of a knife, about one inch in from the rim, to help an attractive crown form during baking.

7. Bake the souffle until the top is deep brown in color, and cracks, looking fairly dry, 25 to 30 minutes. Do not open the door during baking!

8. Serve immediately after removing from oven, scooping portions from soufflé with a large spoon. Garnish with fresh herbs or a tomato sauce.

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Karen Stiegler: Hello and Bonjour! My name is Karen Stiegler and I am here today to show you how to make a traditional French souffl. I will take you through the complete process of making a spectacular dish.

First of all we are going to talk about preparing the ingredients, the oven, and the mould. After that we will prepare the base for the souffl. Next we will beat the egg whites; next we will combine the sauce with the white and put the souffl in the oven to bake. And finally, we will remove the souffl from the oven and serve it. The tools you will need for this recipe includes a measuring spoon set, a dry measuring cup set, a liquid measuring cup, a grater, several small bowls, a two to three quart saucepan, a wooden spoon, an electric mixer with whisk attachment and bowl, a large plastic or rubber spatula and a round two quart porcelain or glass souffl mould with straight sides. The ingredients you will need for this recipe includes six large eggs, four table spoons of butter plus extra for preparing the mould, two to three table spoons of grated parmesan cheese, one quarter cup all-purpose flour, one and a quarter cups of whole milk, one quarter teaspoon of salt, six ounces of Gruyere or Swiss Emmental cheese and one quarter teaspoon cream of tarter.

Please remember that kitchen safety is always important. Be careful when you are using sharp knives, hot ovens and hot stoves. If you have young children in the kitchen, make sure they are closely supervised.

Before we begin, let me tell you a little bit about myself. I am a culinary educator recipe tester and recipe developer. I have a diploma from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and I have over ten years experience teaching Private hands-on and demonstration Courses. I also specialize in healthy baking and cater American and French pastries, cakes, and candies. So there we are ready to get started making our traditional French souffl.

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