Melba's Jammin' wrote:
Here's a favourite of mine, this recipe for the mock souffle is from
Francis Moore Lappe's
"Diet for a small planet" serve with a salad for a complete meal.
Easy cheese souffle
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3 cups grated cheese (i like to use sharp cheddar)
4 - 6 slices of bread
2 cups milk or 1 & 1/2 cups milk and 1/2 cup liquor (wine,
vermouth, stock, fish stock if using lobster but chicken stock is good also)
3 eggs beaten
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. thyme
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
pepper
Layer the cheese and crumbled up bread in an oiled baking dish,
starting with the bread. Pour over it the milk or milk mixture. Beat,
with the eggs, the salt, and remaining ingredients and pour this over
the bread mixture also. Let stand for 30 minutes [very important, don't
skip this step].
Bake at 350 F for 1 hour in a pan of hot water.
"This dish sounds so very easy and homey, but is truly elegant.
When you take it out of the oven, you won't believe how simply it was
made. In a deep dish it has the appearance of a souffle and in a shallow
dish it resembles a quiche."
I have added pieces of cooked bacon, shredded chicken, ground beef,
Italian sausage, lobster, shrimp, crab meat
to good effect but the bread eggs and cheese with the seasonings are
very nice by themselves. Additions of meats and veggies are vary nice,
i often add sauted corn or asparagus tips but its all a matter of
personal taste and what's available, well drained marinated artichoke
hearts go very well with the other ingredients.
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JL