forum: Food, Wine and Gardening
#1 Thu 06 Sep 12 3:03am
cohphanta
Occupation Book Seller
- From Jacksonville, FL
- Member since Sun 04 Apr 10
My first souffle
I will call it a success! It rose up nicely, was tasty and it didn't collapse as soon as I took it out of the oven.
I used fresh raspberries and blackberries...mmmm.
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#2 Thu 06 Sep 12 2:00pm
koukouvagia

- From New York
- Member since Fri 12 Dec 08
Re: My first souffle
I've been wanting to make a cheese souffle. Is the work worth it?
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#3 Thu 06 Sep 12 2:50pm
cohphanta
Occupation Book Seller
- From Jacksonville, FL
- Member since Sun 04 Apr 10
Re: My first souffle
I think so! Try it!
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#4 Thu 06 Sep 12 9:51pm
mr spice
Occupation Working dad...
- From Germany
- Member since Sat 05 Sep 09
Re: My first souffle
Definitely, try it!
Tip: if you are a competitor on a cooking show and want to show your prowess by baking a souffle...make a couple extra so you can try them before you serve
Same goes for a dinner party ![]()
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#5 Thu 06 Sep 12 11:19pm
MsPablo
Occupation Just being me
- Member since Fri 28 Mar 08
Re: My first souffle
It's not that hard to do, but use quality, full-flavored cheese because poor or average cheese flavor will really get lost in a souffle.
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#6 Fri 07 Sep 12 3:23pm
Grandmadamada

- Member since Fri 19 Nov 10
Re: My first souffle
I remember reading tha a souflé needs to be waited for .............. never let it wait for you ![]()
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#7 Fri 07 Sep 12 9:33pm
koukouvagia

- From New York
- Member since Fri 12 Dec 08
Re: My first souffle
MsPablo wrote:
It's not that hard to do, but use quality, full-flavored cheese because poor or average cheese flavor will really get lost in a souffle.
What is average cheese?
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#8 Fri 07 Sep 12 10:22pm
@nGoose1
Occupation Shop worker/KP/
- From UK/Germany
- Member since Wed 28 Oct 09
Re: My first souffle
Average cheese, you will know it when you buy above average cheese. Good cheddar is unlikely to appear in New York. I think I will leave it to an American to recommend a cheese to you. Delia smith has a great cheese soufflé, on the net somewhere perhaps. Emental or Gruyere is perhaps worth looking at. Parmesan?
My first Soufflé was a cheese one really nice, a long time ago, Delia Smith. My next one was good, a year ago. The next one was a right mess. I don’t order it at a restaurant. I don’t like the ice cream in the middle trick. After scolding hot soufflé, I like ice cold ice cream, not warm melted ice cream.
Well done for getting it right.
Food hero Heston Blumenthal spent two days at Denhay, my favourite cheddar, comes from Denhay. Their bacon is not as good as the cheese.
Good Luck!
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#9 Fri 07 Sep 12 10:40pm
MsPablo
Occupation Just being me
- Member since Fri 28 Mar 08
Re: My first souffle
@Goose1, that is what I am saying, pretty much. Use something really flavorful like a raw milk cheese, a good gruyere or emmental or a nice blend, sometimes a bit of sharp flavor from a blue cheese is great in a blend for this purpose. We can get imported cheeses here and of course, NYC would have quite a good selection of imported and fine quality cheeses. We do have some fairly decent flavorful cheddars from the U.S. and Canada that are pretty nice for the price.
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