How to Make a Cheese Soufflé
Melt the butter in saucepan and add the flour to make a roux., Add the milk in batches and stir or whisk well until smooth and thickened., Take the sauce off the heat and add the cheese and beat well until melted., Allow to cool.
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Melt the butter in saucepan and add the flour to make a roux.
This is just like making an ordinary white sauce. -
Step 2: Add the milk in batches and stir or whisk well until smooth and thickened.
Keep stirring to prevent burning.
It is important to cook the flour taste out of the soufflé sauce, just like an ordinary white sauce as this ensure a lovely smooth soufflé at the table. , Once it has cooled to approximately blood temperature, add the egg yolks.
The temperature is just warm enough that the sauce is still soft and smooth, but not hot enough to cook the egg yolks.
Stir well to ensure the yolks are smoothly blended in. , You may refrigerate this sauce overnight as well, which makes the process much easier when preparing soufflés for a special event.
On the next day, allow it to come to room temperature and (as the sauce would have set), stir the sauce until smooth again. -
Step 3: Take the sauce off the heat and add the cheese and beat well until melted.
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Step 4: Allow to cool.
Detailed Guide
This is just like making an ordinary white sauce.
Keep stirring to prevent burning.
It is important to cook the flour taste out of the soufflé sauce, just like an ordinary white sauce as this ensure a lovely smooth soufflé at the table. , Once it has cooled to approximately blood temperature, add the egg yolks.
The temperature is just warm enough that the sauce is still soft and smooth, but not hot enough to cook the egg yolks.
Stir well to ensure the yolks are smoothly blended in. , You may refrigerate this sauce overnight as well, which makes the process much easier when preparing soufflés for a special event.
On the next day, allow it to come to room temperature and (as the sauce would have set), stir the sauce until smooth again.
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