Apple Souffle
Origin: London, England
Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861
Ingredients
- 6 oz rice
- 1 quart milk
- the rind of 1/2 lemon
- sugar to taste
- the yolks of 4 eggs
- the whites of 6
- 1-1/2 oz butter
- 4 tablespoonful apple marmalade No. 1395
Instructions
- Boil the milk with the lemon-peel until the former is well flavoured;
- then strain it, put in the rice, and let it gradually swell over a slow fire, adding sufficient sugar to sweeten it nicely.
- Then crush the rice to a smooth pulp with the back of a wooden spoon;
- line the bottom and sides of a round cake-tin with it, and put it into the oven to set;
- turn it out of the tin carefully, and be careful that the border of rice is firm in every part.
- Mix with the marmalade the beaten yolks of eggs and the butter, and stir these over the fire until the mixture thickens.
- Take it off the fire; to this add the whites of the eggs, which should be previously beaten to a strong froth;
- stir all together, and put it into the rice border.
- Bake in a moderate oven for about 1/2 hour, or until the soufflé rises very light.
- It should be watched, and served instantly, or it will immediately fall after it is taken from the oven.