Tomato Soufflé à la Napolitaine (Layered with Macaroni)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 3 décilitres tomato purée
- 50 grammes grated Parmesan
- 2 spoonfuls sauce Béchamel
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 egg whites
- freshly cooked macaroni
- butter
- grated Parmesan for the macaroni
- butter for the timbale
Instructions
- Prepare 3 décilitres of well reduced tomato purée.
- Incorporate into it 50 grammes of grated Parmesan, 2 spoonfuls of very stiff sauce Béchamel and 3 egg yolks.
- Whip 3 egg whites to a very firm snow and add them.
- Bind freshly cooked macaroni with butter and grated Parmesan.
- Arrange the mixture in layers in a buttered soufflé timbale, placing a small bed of the macaroni on each layer.
- Cook like an ordinary soufflé.