Vanilla Souffle

Ingredients

• 2 ozs. potato flour (or fine flour)
• 2 table-spoons powdered sugar
• 1 tea-cup milk or cream
• 4 eggs
• 1 tea-spoon vanilla
• 2 table-spoons butter

Method

1. 1

   Mix the flour, sugar and milk to a perfectly smooth paste and stir over the fire until the flour is cooked (the mixture should boil for at least five minutes).

2. 2

   Add the butter whilst boiling.

3. 3

   Strain and set aside to cool.

4. 4

   Beat the yolks till creamy.

5. 5

   Beat them together with the milk, etc.

6. 6

   Add the flavouring.

7. 7

   Beat in the whites, whipped to a stiff froth, very lightly.

8. 8

   Bake in buttered souffle dish in a moderate oven for twenty-five minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The pudding and pastry book (1900) by Elizabeth Douglas, page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Vanilla Souffle 2 ozs. potato flour (or fine flour) 2 table-spoons powdered sugar 1 tea-cup milk or cream 4 eggs 1 tea-spoon vanilla 2 table-spoons butter

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