Okra Souffle

Ingredients

• 1 lb. of okra
• 1 oz. of butter
• 1 oz. of flour
• a gill of milk
• the yolks of 3 eggs
• the whites of 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoonful of grated cheese

Method

1. 1

   Wash and boil okra, drain, and cut into small pieces.

2. 2

   Melt butter in a saucepan, stir in flour, cook a little, and moisten with milk, seasoning with salt, pepper, nutmeg, and paprika.

3. 3

   Cook for 5 minutes, then remove from fire.

4. 4

   When cool, stir in egg yolks, okra, grated cheese, and whisked egg whites.

5. 5

   Butter a souffle dish, sprinkle with cheese, pour in the mixture, cover with cheese, and bake in a hot oven for about 20 minutes.

6. 6

   Serve at once.

As published

This recipe was extracted from How to cook vegetables (1911) by Charles Herman Senn, page 59. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 oz. of butter, seasoning of salt and pepper ; stir until thoroughly heated, dish up, and serve. Stewed Okra. Wash 1 quart of okra, and cut into slices crosswise. Put into a saucepan, add 2 pints of water, and season with salt, cover the pan, and cook slowly for 30 minutes, or until the okra is perfectly tender. Then add 1 oz. of butter, 1 tablespoonful of vinegar, and season with pepper, dish up, and serve. This is a very nice accompaniment to nut dishes. OKRA. 123 Stewed Okra with Tomatoes. Prepare and boil 8 or 10 okra pods, and put them to drain. Mince finely half a small onion or 3 shallots, fry lightly in 1 oz. of butter and add 4 ripe tomatoes, peeled and cut into slices. Simmer for a few minutes, then add the okra pods, season to taste with salt and paprika pepper, and continue to cook for another 15 minutes. Dish up on slices of buttered toast. Okra Omelet. Beat up 5 eggs, add 1 tablespoonful of milk, a few drops of onion juice, a dessertspoonful chopped parsley, season with salt, pepper, and paprika. Stir this over the fire in an omelet-pan containing 1 oz. of melted butter. When sufficiently cooked, put a gill of chopped and cooked okra in the centre, then shape the omelet, allow it to set and brown, turn out on a hot dish, and serve at once. Okra Succotash. Peel 4 large tomatoes, cut into squares, and put into a saucepan. Wash and slice one quart okra, and add it to the tomatoes, season with salt and pepper, cover, and simmer gently for 15 minutes. Then add ^ pint of cooked beans, 1 oz. of butter, and cook 20 minutes longer. Then add ^ pint of preserved American corn, allow to boil up, and serve. Okra with Rice. Wash and cut into slices 1 quart of okra ; peel 6 tomatoes, and cut into squares. Put the okra and tomatoes into a stew-pan, add x pint of water, and season with salt, add also 2 large green peppers, and a large onion sliced very thinly. Cover the pan, and simmer for 45 minutes. While this is cooking, wash and boil 4 oz. of rice. Drain it well. When ready to serve, arrange the rice in a pyramid on a hot dish ; pour around the okra. This is nice served with eggs. 124 HOW TO COOK VEGETABLES. Okra Salad. Select young and tender okra pods ; wash, drain, and boil until tender ; drain, and set aside to cool. Cut them in slices. Rub over the inside of the salad bowl with the cut side of a clove of garlic, or put in the centre of the bowl a slice of bread rubbed with the garlic. Put the okra into the bowl, also a green, sweet pepper chopped fine, and a little grated horse- radish. Sprinkle over a little salt, toss about to distribute the salt, then add 2 teaspoonsful of olive oil ; gently toss and mix, then add 1 tablespoonful of tarragon vinegar. Serve each portion on a heart leaf of tender lettuce. Slices of fresh tomato or cubes of tomato jelly are an effective garnish for okra salad. Okra Souffle. Wash and boil 1 lb. of okra, drain, and cut into small pieces. Melt iL oz. of butter in a saucepan, stir in 1 oz. of flour, cook a little, and moisten with a gill of milk, season with salt, pepper, nutmeg, and paprika. Cook for 5 minutes, then remove from the fire, whilst stirring. When cool, stir in the yolks of 3 eggs, the okra, 1 tablespoonful of grated cheese, and the whites of 2 eggs

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