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Mushroom and Cheese Soufflé

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April  6, 2021
3.3
6 Ratings
  • Serves 8
Author Notes

My cousin Miriam and her husband traveled in the summer of 2007 on a barge from Paris France to Provence.
In the end of the trip the chef gave all of the ladies a few pages of his recipes’.
Knowing that I love to cook, Miriam gave them to me, and since I have a habit to change traditional recipe to my own, I made over just a cheese soufflé to a mushroom cheese one.
Kukla

What You'll Need
Ingredients
  • 1/2 pound fresh, mushrooms (I use Shitake)
  • 1 medium shallot diced
  • 1 large clove of garlic crushed
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
  • 2 cups hot milk
  • 1 cup grated Gruyere (or cheese of you’re choice)
  • 2 tablespoons finely grated Parmesan Cheese
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 7 egg whites
  • 1 teaspoon dry Herb’ De Provence seasoning
  • A pinch of freshly grated Nutmeg
Directions
  1. Directions:Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. In a large skillet melt butter, sauté shallot, and very fine chopped mushrooms until lightly browned.Add salt and pepper to taste, Herb De Provence (Crushed in your palms to release the fragrant oils of the herbs).Add the pinch of Nutmeg, and garlic, slowly sauté for another few minutes constantly stirring (don’t burn the garlic).Mix in the flour, cook for 2-3 minutes, slowly whisk in the hot milk.
  2. Take of the mushroom Béchamel of the stove, and mix in the cheese.Cool for a few minutes and carefully steer in egg yolks.Put the egg whites in a clean bowl, add a pinch of salt, and beat until medium peaks form.Fold in to the Béchamel, mushroom mixture.Grease a large Soufflé dish with butter, and sprinkle the bottom and the sides with Parmesan.Pour the Soufflé batter into the dish.
  3. Put the dish in a roasting pan, and pour boiling water halfway up the sides of the Soufflé dish.Bake on the lower rack of the oven for 30 minutes.When taking out the Soufflé, you may like to sprinkle the top with black sesame seeds for contrast. Serve immediately.
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3 Reviews

Zapes March 18, 2022
The soufflé tasted delicious but the top was scorched and the middle could have cooked a bit longer. 375° or 400° is probably the right cooking temperature.
 
clintonhillbilly April 11, 2011
Looks beautiful!
 
amadievsky April 10, 2011
This sounds interesting and it stands out from the other entries.