Cheese Souffle

Ingredients

• Two table-spoonfuls of butter
• one heaping table-spoonful of flour
• half a cupful of milk
• one cupful of grated cheese
• three eggs
• half a teaspoonful of salt
• a speck of cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Put the butter in a sauce-pan, and when hot, add the flour, and stir until smooth, but not browned.

2. 2

   Add the milk and seasoning.

3. 3

   Cook two minutes; then add the yolks of the eggs, well beaten, and the cheese.

4. 4

   Set away to cool.

5. 5

   When cold, add the whites, beaten to a stiff froth.

6. 6

   Turn into a buttered dish, and bake from twenty to twenty-five minutes.

7. 7

   Serve the moment it comes from the oven.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's new cook book and marketing guide (1880) by Maria Parloa, page 91. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cheese Souffle. Two table-spoonfuls of butter, one heaping table- spoonful of flour, half a cupful of milk, one cupful of grated cheese, three eggs, half a teaspoonful of salt, a speck of cayenne

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