Easy Spinach Souffles

Summary

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Prep Time hours
Main IngredientVegetable
MealBreakfast

Description

These rustic spinach soufflés are the perfect complement to the Easter ham or the Passover brisket or for any brunch, and the no-worries 'fallen' souffle option that is twice-baked is the way I do these at home—it makes for a crustier, textural final product and gives me the do-ahead capability that I look for when guests come over to the house.

This will make 12 4 oz souffles, or 4 14 oz souffles.

Ingredients

  • 6 T butter
  • Fine dry bread crumbs for lining the molds
  • 20 oz frozen cooked spinach, defrosted and squeezed dry (2 cups worth)
  • 6 T Flour
  • 4 T minced shallots
  • 1 T dry orgegano
  • 3 T minced dill
  • 2.5 c Milk
  • salt to taste
  • pepper to taste
  • nutmeg to taste
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 0.5 c parmesan reggiano
  • 0.5 c grated Gruyere
  • 8 egg whites
  • 0.5 t cream of tartar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Butter and crumb 12 4-oz. china soufflé ramekins.

Mince spinach.

Melt together flour and butter for several minutes in a saucepan. Add shallots, oregano, and dill. Cook briefly.

Add milk, in thirds, and simmer until thick. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.

In a large bowl, whisk egg yolks, adding 1/2 c. of the ‘milk sauce’ to temper, then the rest of it. Season again.

Stir in spinach and cheeses and reserve.

Beat whites stiff with cream of tartar. Add whites to spinach mixture in thirds, folding to combine.

Fill molds with soufflé mixture and bake at 375 for 30-35 minutes. Serve immediately, or . . . .
Remove from oven. Cool on a rack. Unmold, and refrigerate on a no-stick pan liner. Bake again to puff as needed, serving them as ‘fallen’ soufflés.

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