This will make everyone think you are a real gourmet cook! You can set this all up way before dinner time and just pop them in the oven.
Ingredients:
- ¾ c flour
- 2 c milk
- 6 egg yolks (save the whites)
- 1 c Gruyère or Swiss cheese, grated
- ½ c cooked chopped spinach, well drained (about 4 c fresh leaves)
- 1 ½ tsp dried rosemary, crumbled
- dash of hot pepper sauce
- salt and freshly ground pepper
- freshly grated nutmeg
- 8 egg whites, room temperature
- ¼ c Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- 2 ½ c whipping cream
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Butter 10 – 12 half cup custard cups or ramekins.
- Place flour in heavy medium sauce pan.
- Add ½ c milk and whisk until smooth
- Slowly add remaining milk and whisk until smooth.
- Whisk over medium heat until thick and smooth, 3 – 4 minutes.
- Remove from heat and cool slightly, whisking constantly.
- Add yolks 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in Gruyère, spinach and rosemary.
- Season with hot pepper sauce, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry.
- Fold into spinach mixture.
- Spoon spinach mixture into prepared molds.
- Place molds in baking pan.
- Add enough boiling water to pan to come halfway up sides of molds.
- Bake until tester inserted in center comes out almost clean, about 20 minutes.
- Remove from oven.
- Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover, refrigerate.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Butter pan large enough to hold ramekins.
- Sprinkle bottom of pan with Parmesan.
- Invert soufflés in baking pan, remove molds.
- Pour cream around soufflés.
- Bake until soufflés are heated through and puff – 15 – 20 minutes.
- Serve with cream sauce from pan.
Serves: 10 – 12
Source: Leslie in Texas, Food.com